what I want

As I am a woman and changeable,
I cannot tell you what I need--

not flowers or jewels or sweet perfume.

Today, I want the sun and moon and stars.

Tomorrow, I may only want to hear
the quiet hum of your voice. 

Tonight, I may ask you to move a mountain.

 

By morning's light, I might need a loving word
or two.

Don't think I would ask you to change for me.
You'll do the way you are for now.

But, tomorrow--well,

by then,
I may change my mind.

Author's Note

a new take on a moldy oldie

Reviews

[W.k.kortas]

A very clever take on the old chestnut about women being fickle--but there's more than just one-note cleverness here. As the learned Mr. Simm states, the flow and cadence in the piece are excellent, the result of fine craftsmanship, and the interplay between the cosmic and everyday is handled expertly. Just a very fine piece of work.

[Emily B]

w.k.kortas where are you????????

come out, come out wherever you are .....................

[Kymoo]

AH!! the undecided woman. I think that you need to find your words first and than maybe they will help you to decide the strongest path to follow, or perhaps they will tell your heart to take that risk, which holds you back...from the real words you wish to shout out to the world.
I guess it would be wonderful if women could have all that they wish, but I still don't believe they would be satisfied. Just my take on it.
This is a great piece Emily

[Jibey]

But such a lovely take... You make that elusive and maddening feminine trait into something of charm and delight... disarming even the most chauvinist male...

[Poet7]

Emily, thank you for your kind words for my poem, "Just Like Walt Whitman." Always appreciated. I really like your stuff too. In fact, I find myself thinking, "Wow, she has written something profound and something that I can also identify with as a style of my own." Ex: "I want the sun and moon and stars." Thanks for subscribing. I am very new to this site and haven't completely figured out my way yet!

[paul]

excellent, emily. nobody writes like you: with such simplicity. and power

[Im His Daughter]

this is good i like it..

[Alicante lullaby]

oh yes,we change...nice punch at the end...

[Frank F. Atanacio]

very clever indeed, Loved it!

[Poetic Beauty]

I love how you take what people typically think of women and use it in this poem. I love this.

[msharma]

A perfect blend of truth is viewed.

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. haha! ... you're the best, emily burns ... the quintessential woman ... and how beautifully so ... the queen of her words and the queen of her mind ... may you always reign and rain ... :) ...