Alice Magarey

Another of the fictitious neighbors I see 'From My Window'

Oh joy, another day of being taken for granted,

 

another day of being invisible; of nothing but housework

 

You know, this is not how I thought marriage

 

was supposed to be; it was supposed to be a

 

wonderful adventure; not never ending drudgery

 

Whatever became of the daydreaming girl I used to be?

 

The one with stars in her eyes and dreams in her heart?

 

Somewhere along the line she left, leaving

 

only me, a disillusioned soul, beaten down by life  

 

Isn’t marriage supposed to be a give and take?

 

Well, someone forgot to tell my husband,

 

for all he does is take and never gives

 

Speaking of my husband, he’ll be home from work soon

 

I’d better finish sweeping the walk, then get

 

into the kitchen and get busy, because dinner

 

must be ready and waiting for his highness

 

as soon as he steps through the door

 

I wonder what he’d do if I said no, tonight,

I think I’d like to go out; probably look at me

 

like I was crazy; ‘Isn’t that your job?  Why spend a

 

week’s worth of dinner money on one single meal? 

 

Quite a waste of money, don’t you think?  After all,

 

that’s why I work so hard, ever single day,

 

to put food on the table, and we don’t need to waste

 

money going out.”  There’s only 2 things wrong with

 

that dear-heart: you don’t put any food on the table,

 

I  do; and I’m totally bored, and would like a

 

little something done for me, but you can’t or won’t

 

understand that; I really don’t think you care

 

you used to be different; you’d do things just for me,

 

but I guess the bloom is off the rose

 

 

Reviews

[De 'Anthony Subban II]

dang you shoud be a book creator or something

[Michael Stevens]

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[De 'Anthony Subban II]

no its just your beautiful story

[Michael Stevens]

Thank you!

[De 'Anthony Subban II]

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