My Husband Cheats. I Look the Other Way

June 1, 2019

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Each week we examine a theme from a variety of points of view. The theme for this week is romantic love.

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A love poem reluctantly turning down a true but mutually illicit love:

My husband cheats. I look the other way.

For the children, of course. I myself am worthless,

Stupid. Humiliation suits me. Each day

I steel myself for words each day more vicious.

But you are like a rainbow in my sky.

I look at you and know life can be good.

You call me gorgeous, I don't wonder why.

And happiness shines through me, as it should.

You, too, bear a cross: Your friend has cancer,

And you will not desert her. I agree.

Our love must be a question, not an answer,

A distant light on hills we cannot see.

Perhaps we are both fools to sacrifice,

Yet in such love is where true beauty lies.

© by Nicholas Gordon

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This week’s theme: Romantic Love

5/27: Your Heart Is Just as Lovely as Your Face

5/28: Lose Yourself in Lust, My Love

5/29: The Chance of Happiness Equals the Risk of Pain

5/30: Tell Me More, My Love, How Much You Love Me

5/31: Thank You for Staying in My Life

6/1: My Husband Cheats. I Look the Other Way