you are quiet today and i do not
ask you the origin of such silence,
black and smoky and devouring
even my own sound now
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Let's see giving him space...how about you go to Venus and he goes to Mars.
Ignore SGK. her criticisms are always on a personal basis and never about the poem- it is an imaginative treatment of this silence.
I like the way you describe everything in here....very vivid.
Raynette, perhaps she was referring to spermatozoa little beings of great importance, size approximately 0.05 mm. Agile, clever, competitive, with a one track mind and the aim to get to the finish line. H
Courtney, I like the metaphor of the bed and the moat...but really recoiled at guppies. Somehow that didn't fit the loving way you were giving your husband his space. A guppy is such a lowly life (in my mind's eye, anyway.) I wonder whether you could think of something more elegant swimming around? Raynette
I REALLY like this poem. It is written from the male point of view no doubt! Space is essential in a relationship and the fact that you've given it to him speaks volumes, it gathers respect at every stanza. Loved it. Ashley xo