In The Wings

Posted byChristine BoltonPosted inBlog, LoveTags:, , , , , 
Today you smiled at me.
Relaxed like you used to be
A you I had not seen
in a long, long time.
And I was smitten again
We giggled and were silly
Laughing and poking fun.

I missed your light-heartedness 
Where did you go back then?
Why do I ask when I already know?
You stopped looking at me
Instead you looked back at yourself
and fell in love
You were always the narcissist

I became unimportant 
As you grabbed center stage
In your self-absorbed drama
our marriage became the tragedy
My life in the wings waiting 
for the cue to go back on
The final curtain, our divorce 

I hated you for a long time
Until you were exorcised from my mind
and the negative emotions faded 
But then we came upon each other again
You smiled that smile
and I climbed on to the merry-go-round once more


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I have been writing poetry since I was a child and it has helped in the good times and bad times. I am always looking within to find the answers to life's problems and to write thought-provoking poetry and prose. Thanks for checking it out. Christine

10 thoughts on “In The Wings”

  4. I divorced 30 years ago. I still think about her every day, but I’ve been able to drive away the heat and the anger and mostly I worry that she might not be safe and that I wish she would call her children. It’s a very nice poem. Thank you so much for writing it.

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