Irreconcilable Differences

My first attempt at a country song...

 

vs. 1

Irreconcilable differences

is what the legal papers said

But that wasn’t even close, he thought

inside he just felt dead

Twelve years of loving, caring

trying every way

He stood before the judge alone

there was nothing more to say.

 

chorus (his)

And he whispered...

Lord, help me find the other half of me

so I can gently hold her close

Someone I can talk with,

surprise each Sunday with a rose

We’ll walk with You together...

work through good and bad

Irreconcilable differences

will be what other couples have.

 

vs. 2

Feeling empty and discarded

she walked out a different courtroom door

She thought “there’s got to be that someone

who knows what life is for”

A friend to share her hopes with

for both, a brand new start

Somehow, she knows he’s out there...

and he’ll reconcile her heart.

 

chorus (hers)

And she whispered...

Lord, help me find the other half of me

I know he’ll gently hold me close

Someone I can talk with

surprise me Sundays with a rose

We’ll walk with You together...

work through good and bad

Irreconcilable differences

will be what other couples have.

 

bridge

The differences are supposed to be

what makes a marriage strong

It’s easier maybe to just give up

but somehow that seems wrong.

Author's Note

The beginning of two folks who would not let hope die. She was abandoned, his marriage failed... but God brought them together after all. That is another story in itself : >)
By the way, she still gets a rose every Sunday, even after twenty-plus years.
7-2009

Reviews

[Constance]

Definitely accurate, and true, and wonderfully penned. Is the tune in your head, too? :) I bet it is.
My poem was about a man two relationships ago that I keep putting my mind around every now and again just because I'm a masochist, I guess. I saw the other woman, for the first time, today, her picture online. And it made the wounds fresh and just like new. It really did. Does that ever go away completely? Because if not, I think I'm doing a grand disservice to any man I try to date.

[Kelly D. Burris]

great piece! I wish I could hear the song!!!
God Bless,
Kelly

[Brettany B]

This is a really good one 8)
Keep writing..

[J]

I've started half a dozen times to review this piece and can't seem to find a starting place. Feelings all jumbled up, wanting to come out all at once . . .

The title alone belies and simplifies the years of impossible desolation, lonliness ~ to walk out of the courtroom with the heaviness of futility . . . giving up somehow seems wrong, but it also takes both giving equal effort.

How beautiful and loving ~ a rose on Sunday that he will give and she will love. And together with God . . . this is faith. and strength. and love. and ohsoincredible, D. How fitting a rose accompanies the title representing hope.
i love your heart.

[Annabelle]

awesome poem...it was really good
"Somehow, she knows he�s out there...
and he�ll reconcile her heart"
these two lines were well written
it was sweet...yet sad that the marriage ended but there was still hope for a brand new start

[Ashley Robel]

This is a good poem, my dear. I enjoyed it.