March 12, 2007
2:37 pm
As I work
My heart is filled with sorrow for what I see.
Houses all around
With families inside.
Children laughing
As they play in the street,
Dogs barking
As a man walks his dog with his wife.
I used to experience
Some of life’s simple pleasures.
The joy of calling a house
A home.
The joy of hearing
Laughter in the park.
The joy of hearing my wife
Say I love you.
The joy of my dogs
As they groan in preparation for bed.
Why is it that all of these things
Mean so much more when they’re gone?
What I wouldn’t give
To experience these things again.
To lay close to my wife
When the house is cold.
To tell my dog to get off the bed
When he’s taking up all the room.
To see a smile upon my wife’s face
When I tell a joke.
To have my wife embrace me yet again
And tell me that I’m a good man.
I love my wife more than life itself,
Yet the feelings are not reciprocated.
Someday I hope to experience
These things with my wife again.
Subscribe to:
Post Comments (Atom)
No comments:
Post a Comment