His Woman

inspired by the book The Good Earth by Pearl S Buck

From The Good Earth

The slave girl

Tall figure

Strong body

This was his woman

 

He took her by the hand

The woman beside him

Seized her

This woman was his

 

Now wholly his own

She mended

She cooked

Fearing his laughter

 

His woman of work

A dull and common creature

She was, after all

Only a woman

 

She has not beauty

Rough the skin upon her hands

She was ugly and gaunt

She was altogether hideous

 

Fearing his laughter

She obeyed him

The woman watched

But she never talked

 

His woman of work

Ugly and gaunt

She has not beauty

His repulsion towards her

 

The liver diseased

A rock in the womb

The stomach disintegrated

The heart barely moves

 

This was his woman

This woman was his

 

The woman will die

 

His heart barely moves

Author's Note

most lines were taken directly from the book, rearranged and tweaked