Different Animals
Anticipating your response
Of what will surely come
I brace for the onslaught
My nerves tightening
As I become more fraught
Vacillating the point
Until we were drained
Back and forth and back again
Wishing it would end
But the winner does not yet reign
Storming off in anger
I see you under the lamppost
Smoking a cigarette
Exhausted from the argument
I prefer solitude feeling a threat
After an abundance of angst
You come back in the house
Our boiling has lowered to a simmer
Your eyes find mine
and hope is now a glimmer
Christine Bolton – Poetry for Healing ©
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This was a very accurate, very real depiction of what some would pass off as a “lover’s quarrel.” I loved the feeling embedded into this, it’s very, very nicely put.
Thank you so much! I appreciate you reading it and giving such wonderful feedback.
My pleasure n_n