I AM A WOMAN.

17 Oct

Written By

the new wave of love.

Of Ephraim

I am a woman

And love apparently comes easily to us.

We are soft and cute because what that really means to them is that

We are malleable, mouldable and naive.

My husband is meant to be my opposite despite being my partner

- hard ungovernable, "strong".

He recently asked me how it is so

That we've been in love for 20 odd years going on strong.

I told him the only thing strong

Was his head, his ego,

His even lies to his odd self.

His undying desire to be headstrong

And his his loyal housewife true to the cause.

I told him

Was it not 6 months of love and 19 and 1/2 years of strife?

So if 19 1/2 years of strife for me was love for him

Love for him was sitting on an array of daggers

Dancing with knives that we forced ourselves to fit into

To fit in, to feel suited, to be slim fitted,

to be tailored, to be loosely playing a part

In a play none of us signed up for.

But we played along anyway,

We ALL play along.

So maybe we too are

Malleable, mouldable and naive.

And we ALL allow the

Hard, ungovernable and "strong"

To lead us into circles we all know are cycles.

But today we take a stand,

Today we step outside of isolation

And embrace the new.

The new wave of love:

Malleable, mouldable, strong.

E.K. - September 2023.

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Art: “Holy Marytr of the Madonna/Whore complex” by Fyodor Pavlov

the second sun.