We Live in Hope But
Everything is disappointing
Everyone disappoints
Fall in love with me
I will disappoint you
Like you will me.
It’s factored in the leaving
Everything leaves through
Theft or damage or familiarity
The glow of ownership
Pride of possession
Will gutter and dim
Everything is tinged with disappointment
This we know
But pretend we don’t
We arm in arm a brand new wife
She’s not a virgin but we tell ourselves she is.
Arm in arm a husband
He has his ‘little problem’
But we can change him – only we can’t
Everyone disappoints.
Each morning we wake
Wondering if the magic still remains
Is she still as beautiful
As when I pictured her - pictured us
Imagined us?
Is he still the noble fire fighter
I wanted him to be?
In wine stained vest and hangover
He’ll look for a job tomorrow.
I wish he’d fix the kids’ swing in the garden
Like he promised
They never keep their promises
Except that they’ll never leave us nor forsake us
Everyone disappoints.
raypool
Tue 18th Apr 2017 20:25
I like it a lot Rick. Dead end verse with the possible and feasible beaten in with the hammer of logic. What more can I say?
Ray