A Mature Woman's Ambivalence

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Open Poetry #16

A Mature Woman's Ambivalence

Chanson
Senior Member

since 2000-08-19

Posts 1559
Up Creek w/Out Paddle

0 posted 2001-10-21 08:07 PM

She is a fleeting thought in his permanence.
She wonders if he will contain her longer than
the stinging bee's lifespan.
She hears a mantel clock ticking his indecision.
She sees what he has done with the minds
of lesser importance.
She wants to be valued higher than his misdirected pride.
She is a fleeting thought in his permanence.

She pretends she is his dinner guest,
waking to breakfast.
She feels his disapproval of her graying hair,
of her set ways.
She touches her temple and wills its pulse
to turn back time but
She worries it wouldn't make a difference.
She cries briefly, realizing
She is but a fleeting thought in his permanence.

She understands not everything can be understood.
She says it is never too late to begin again but
She dreams,
She tries,
She hopes, yet
She remains a fleeting thought in his permanence.

Music, tonal clear & pure,
Caresses the harshest of curves.
--- Chanson deGest

nakdthoughts
Member Laureate

since 2000-10-29

Posts 19200
Between the Lines

1 posted 2001-10-21 08:10 PM

makes me think too much tonight..you always write with such depth of meaning...

*s

~Wynter

"The worst prison would be a closed heart".
...Pope John Paul II

Midnitesun

Member Empyrean

since 2001-05-18

Posts 28647
Gaia

2 posted 2001-10-21 09:19 PM

I don't know which is worse, being merely a fleeting thought, or no thought at all.
But don't worry about gray, it's a beautiful color. I haven't decided yet whether or not to cover mine....now is that ambivalence, ignorance, or bliss?
This is the first time I've read your work. I enjoyed this.

Chanson
Senior Member

since 2000-08-19

Posts 1559
Up Creek w/Out Paddle

3 posted 2001-10-21 09:28 PM

Wynter--- Some things aren't worth a whole lot of thought, especially a woman's ambivalence. *grin*

Midnitesun--- It's bliss. Once you start coloring your hair you won't want to stop. (I'm speaking from personal experience. *chuckle*)

Thank you both for reading!

Music, tonal clear & pure,
Caresses the harshest of curves.
--- Chanson deGest

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