This the room.
I had entered, newly wed
Starry eyed, 23
Uprooted everything, repainted
The walls, the doors, the siding with
My sweet innocent dreams.
Laid the laminate floor
Panel by panel like building
Blocks to my soul, interconnected
Mine with his
We
Hugged here and danced
On these floors while cooking
And making
Food, memories,
Love. I still
Remember the sweet hot
Summer nights we laid in each others
Arms and spoke of the future
Children. Careers
Travel. Us.
How you had hugged me
That one time the basement flooded, how
We got rid of the fleas the cat
Bought in. And the dead
Bird. How
I set my first living room with $550 and
How I proud I wad of the warmth it bought others
And to my own heart.
I've forgotten the bitterness, the tears
The feeling of being caged, some
Cages are better than others. My
Adult heart and old eyes look
Fondly now at the nest we had built
Now crumbling. I miss
The tender naivete I can still
Sense her presence walking around. Building
Hopeful
Optimistic
If only she knew what was to come.
If only she knew one day she would be sitting here
Wishing for simpler days
Wishing for the happiness unlike any she had ever known
Wishing for the love unlike any she had ever felt
Wishing for her youth, her sweet tender eyes
And his sweet tender hugs
If only she knew.
Eeda
2 comments:
So very true! Those days were so much simpler....what we would change if we could go back...
sorry seeing this now.
you're very right. I always thought at the time, nothing could be worse than this. but after this past year I have had, that seems like a paradise instead.
what we could give to go back indeed....
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