HE and SHE

HE and SHE

Love, how could she, possibly, ask for also that?
She did want that too.
“Ungrateful”, HE says, after all I’ve given you
Love is so professionally withheld -
Carrot on a stick.

HE thinks he can trick it into working
Look what you did to me
HE says time after time
Shame on you for all you do
“I am missing you”, he says

But SHE
Isn’t missing him
Or his demands
Rantings and expectations
Which she willingly fulfilled days headlong
Kept the rocking boat topside
Then watched her personhood be quickly swept aside
He had no desire for her.

And now she drifts calmly out of sight through the fog.
Holding out her hand to those who matter most-
Oh panicked situation! SHE is nearly gone!

HE only wanted even then
A form of her
to fit his plans and his commands
Perfect size and picture with a smile
Pack into a box the you that wished to be
Why can’t SHE
Do what I ask and find a way to be satisfied
With this and cling to him and this.HE wonders why it just could not be enough.