It had been returned
Rejected "not at this address"
Had I for years been blind?
Going through his mail
I then saw an envelope
Of quite a different kind
I thought for a bit
Despite all my misgivings
I had to satisfy my mind
So I searched the house
Cupboards, drawers, everywhere
The truth I would have to find
His untidy desk
I looked in the bottom drawer
Aha! My hard thoughts were unkind
What a shock to find
He'd been suppoprting a child
In a far off land, wasn't that kind?
The hardest part though
Was unrest in the boy's land
Contact was now out of mind
Sorting out his stuff
Now saw the man I married
Oh clock won't you unwind?
Thinking back I weep
Now he's gone I feel such regret
How could I have been so blind?
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This poem about a woman finding her husband had been supporting a child up to his death is merely a reaction to the prompt words which leads authors down strange pathways!
I liked how thid poem developed and the places it took the reader.
ReplyDeleteI wonder why he did not share his charity with the woman though? Such secrets suggest a problem with intimacy - not just her blindness
The shock of discovering a secret at a husband's demise is not uncommon. All the more shocking when it is a second wife with a few children in tow making an appearance!
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