Marriage - A Love Poem

[angellionel]

No marriage is perfect. There are times when disagreements lead to the exchange of unkind words. It takes humility to admit the mistake and take the appropriate actions to make amends for causing pain. With this poem, I wanted to depict the thoughts of a husband who initially allows his pride to blind him to what he did but then recognizes the pain he has caused his wife and so attempts to express his regret by writing her a love song. Of course, in this example, writing her a song would only be a first step.

 

 

Sentimental Song

 

A pad and pen lie by his side
This moonless night of fall.
And though he tries to hush his pride,
To only see the tears she cried,
His hands refuse to breach the wall,
A pithy line to scrawl.

 

His mind, in angst, replays the day
And sees the pain she felt.
For he had let a donkey's bray
Escape his lips without delay,
Not thinking of the pain it dealt
When he shot out his pelt.

 

Now deep regret besets his mind,
For what he did was wrong.
His hands relent and reach to find
The pad and pen they first declined
And penned for her, ten pages long,
A sentimental song.