I sit up in bed wide awake watching you sleep
beside me in the dimly lit room.
Comforted as always by the steady rhythm
of your breathing, I am remembering unhappy
times before you when I sat alone on winter
nights waiting for someone else, not knowing
he lay in other arms.
Loving your face, I let my eyes caress
your forehead— traveling downward over
broad shoulders and strong muscled arms.
The hall light’s reflection catches the gleam
of the golden wedding band you have
promised to wear and honor forever.
After all these years, my heart still stirs at
the familiar lines of your body outlined
beneath the sheets.
Midnight snowflakes are quiet outside the
bedroom window while minutes change
soundlessly on the nightstand’s digital clock.
Reaching out, I shut off the alarm
before it shatters the silence of the almost
perfect moment, but soon I must wake you
and send you home to someone else.
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Write a poem in any form or style with Betrayal as the central theme. |
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Betrayal
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Author Notes
Thank you, Ken Harrish, for the use of 'Ice On My Window.'
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