Your Husband

Your husband loves me,

or rather the idea of loving me.

He loves you, really, but

bats with me like a cat toy.

The freedom to imagine

created those fanciful dreams.

Trust me, he's like all men,

that free fall fantasy is fun.

I'm the one he'd rather not

have, the danger inherent.

You've the best part, the real

life, I've got the lies.

Comments: 19

Ina ♥ Tagline Free Since September '09 ♥ Oct 4, 2009, 7:40pm EDT

Oh, ouch. I hate to think you lived this. How painful.

Granny Janny H. Oct 4, 2009, 8:00pm EDT

wisdom shines through practical words
turned true tried cried words
this one tells it like it is
in crisp words

Featured in Poet's Weekly Muse...if you posted it there. I'll go check.

Granny Janny H. Oct 4, 2009, 8:17pm EDT

yep...FEATURED

Liz [site-Raven] Please critique my poetry. Oct 4, 2009, 8:08pm EDT

Oh my. Oh my, my my, ... spare words. True wonderful spare words that you weave into a cloak with a dagger. Always I enjoy what you have to say.

Barbara H. Oct 4, 2009, 8:17pm EDT

Faith I love that your name is Faith. Have you heard there is faith, hope and charity but the most important is love. You through your charitable faith in the true way to love give hope through this heartfelt poetry.
Wise words from a person who has learned from the unwise. Need is a big cut in this pie you describe. Pie that seems good at the time but doesn't forewarn of the bad taste that can remain for a long time.
Great post.
Drew a crisp, clear, description of your feelings.(Granny Shanny's favorite phrase)

Madame Donna C. Oct 4, 2009, 8:19pm EDT

Oh, Faith.

Dannielle S. Oct 4, 2009, 9:12pm EDT

And yet, somehow, there are times when the lies are the best part.
Reality is the dirty socks on the floor.

JOHN BECK Oct 4, 2009, 9:32pm EDT

Free fall fantasy. Great alliteration. Whether fantasy is harmful or not depends upon how it is expressed and acted upon. Great poem.

Linda K. Oct 4, 2009, 11:01pm EDT

You say so much in so few words. I know, I know...I've said it before but I am not blessed with your gifts.

Duckie 1 Oct 5, 2009, 9:27am EDT

Like Ina said... OUCH.

I enjoyed the alliterative satisfaction provided by "free fall fantasy is fun".
I was quite drawn by the image you conjured with"bats with me like a cat toy". That is brilliant!

Your poem is a pain-filled confession, opening a wound for the world to see. It is an admission of sadness about an unenviable situation. It is also an open letter to the third person in the triangle... tinged with all kinds of emotion--- ending with a reassurance of the wife's enduring position in that triangle.

Great work, Faith!

Peter Wimsey Oct 5, 2009, 9:28am EDT

Great piece of expressive writing, Faith.

The situation is hard to bear.

Katrina Hall Oct 5, 2009, 9:33am EDT

Crumb. Don't be too hard on yourself, dear Faith.
It's a great poem.

Wilhelmine Estabrook Oct 5, 2009, 9:44am EDT

Excellent poem.

elizabeth e. Oct 6, 2009, 2:19am EDT

With ever so few words, you reveal all from your point of view. And yet there is another story....perhaps, just perhaps, the other party was NOT batting you like a cat's toy, but truly believes the fantasy would come true...until reality set in.

Magi the magical poet is riding the wind again Oct 6, 2009, 6:01pm EDT

Fantasy is fun, Faith ... when it is remembered that fantasy is just that and not reality. We far too often forget to remember that - and then the hurt rears as reality kicks in.

This poem has bite, my friend.

David L. Oct 28, 2009, 8:16pm EDT

Faith -

I have really missed you and your almost prestine work. This piece is just another example of how skillfully you use words, tempo and imagery to say so many things in such few words.

So many words you provoke....

Truce
Regret
Longing
Lust
Acceptance.......and on and on!

Nice work! Come see me, darlin'! Missed you lately!

Barbary Chaapel Nov 7, 2009, 9:27pm EST

Stuff happens and you've recorded it here faithfully and well, Ms. Faith.

Barbary Chaapel Nov 15, 2009, 9:37pm EST

I came back to say this would make a great song.

amanda wallin Nov 21, 2009, 11:19am EST

wow! what an eloquent and simply written confession. also, a revelation of what a man in his position is like. I've only been the object of lust without consumation though through your powerful words I can relate.

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