She Is Beautiful.

Simple words for my wife

I tell her, "I love you because of, not in spite of "
She sighs,
runs her hands across the "C" section scar,
talks of lipo, tucks.
With an extended "annnnnnd" she fingers her lips,
mentions some film star with a bee stung pout,
talks of tattooed brows,
of laughter lines that require immediate lasering.
I smile, call her over.
She lays in my open arms, head on my chest,
I hold her, kiss her brow.
She is beautiful.
I tell her that every change is part of our story,
that without these we wouldn't have the life,
the love, the happiness we share.
She sighs, " but "
I raise her face, kiss her gently on her pale, pink lips,
She smiles...

Author's Note

Honesty please.

Reviews

[BBP]

F*****g Beautiful! That was really sweet Gee. You can feel your love for her radiating from these words.

[Gee]

Thank you, nothing written would ever do justice to the love I have for my wife.

[BBP]

awww.. pretty sure you came close there my friend!

[Norah]

There's so much love in this poem, Gee! And I could feel it in each line as I read :)

[Gee]

Thank you Norah, she’s is a wonderful lady

[barleygirl]

The opening line is something everyone longs to hear. I'm so bummed when I see women who can't see what you're pointing out here . . . that the wrinkles & scars are precious, not to be erased! Love your loving attitude toward your hunny & also love this message to our sad fake beauty standards! (((HUGS))) Fondly, Margie

[Gee]

Thank you Margie

[Abdul Aziz]

I like how the language employed in the poem is easy to read and yet conveys a wealth of emotion. To hold someone close to us, to comfort them, there is no feeling better than that!

[Gee]

Cheers....

[Benita-Staebell M - Kin..]

Beautiful unconditional love
it is rare but you are seeing the
Inner and outer beauty.

Beautiful piece💗

[Gee]

I’m s lucky, lucky man that I’ve been allowed to share her life for the last 26 years.
Thank you

[Wild Rose]

Sounds like an older couple with lifes scars; bumbs and lumps
These may mar the outer appearance they can see dthe inner person thy loved and cherished years before

YES when we get older we still love them as we did years before
We grow old together

[Gee]

Thank you...

[Tom]

Her anxiety regards mere superficial imperfections, only add to her beauty and charm for this love is unconditional and has not waned with the passage of time!

Candidly penned with love and commitment to the fore!

[Gee]

Cheers Tom..

[Hannah]

Such, beautiful, pure love. Everyone should be lucky enough to find someone who loves because of all their "shortcomings". Beautifully written.

[Gee]

Thank you Hannah

[Annette Pisano-Higley]

Dear Gee, you say in this tender, loving poem what every woman in creation wishes her man would say to her. So personal, honest, sweetly touching. So heart-felt with lovely form, flow, cadence. “She is beautiful”...”because of not in spite of”. God bless both of you always.

[Gee]

Thank you Annette

[Paul Bell]

It is hard not to see something wrong with us, which can't be solved with surgery. But life is scars in places. At least, real life is. Who would want to change that.