irreciprocity

i totally made up the word that's my title...but u get it

My heart would melt as
If it’d been a Hershey Kiss outside
On a summer’s day

When you kissed my lips I’d fall
Into a trance and dream of us
On our wedding day—happiness in our eyes
“I’ll love you forever!”
That’s how we’d close our requests
As if neither of us knew it’d be so anyway

It was obvious how much you cared
You’d say how mean and cruel I was
From the hesitant I love you’s
To my inexplicable mood swings
Like you weren’t trying your best
To be the best for me

Still, you’d put up with my insatiable irreciprocity
Though it provoked you to madness
“I love you, just not in the way you want me to”
That you could live with my callous
Non-cooking, in-hospitable ways of
“Get your own damned drink!” or
“Buy your own freaking food, cause I’m not cooking!”

Convinced that I did love, I did care
You broke my icy shield
The way I’d chop ice for the summer BBQs in Bellport

Love to me
Would have to be waking up to your smile
As if I weren’t the cause of
Your heart aches or numbness pains.
Love to me
Would be an autumn day
Or maybe just any day at all
With you
 

Author's Note

it's mooshy

Reviews

[ALifeAquatic]

Really enjoyed reading this. It captures the feelings of a relationship perfectly. But what I like about it the most is that you don't pack it with cliches you keep it close to reality which just adds to it. Alot of poems I've read from the writers on Writer's Cafe dealing with the same topic, are far to sugar coated, this poem isn't!

Great write!

[mR668]

It's mooshy....and real! Nice write sis. We are soooo convinced that love is not true & real that the ice shield is thick. Then along comes someone who breaks down those defense & reassures you that it is all possible. I love your style. You've gained a new fan!