always wondering

40 years of marriage is a two-way education. it is a wonder he puts up with me. rengo, tanka

It is a wonder

that I have a tongue at all

after biting it

to keep my mouth shut during

these forty years of marriage.

It is a wonder

that I am not totally

and permanently

concussed from my palm smacking

against my forehead in snits

of frustration at

my husband’s reactions to

my frequent bursts of fury.

It is a wonder

that he has the patience of

Job, that two people

so opposite have made it

through forty years side-by-side.

 

 

 

Reviews

[bobc]

I think maybe he loves you, m'dear. Isn't it wonderful. If you are at all like myself, I could say the same about my wife and she about me. (Though we haven't managed 40 years yet...33 and counting.) ...bob

[annie lee]

Thanks for your comments. He is a good kind man and I am sometimes labeled "a difficult woman." mea culpa

[Sami Khalil]

Marriages have their ups and downs, ebbs and flows , mountains and valleys. Sometimes they have to compromise on some issues. To know where to talk or shut up a big feature too...You have captured all of that in a wonderful poem...:)

[annie lee]

thanks you. I have chasing wifi demons on my home network for 3 days so I am behind in thanking reviewers. you know I appreciate your words.

[Sami Khalil]

You are welcome...:)