If I Had Married You Instead of Her

October 22, 2019

Dear Subscriber:

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

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A poem about regretting marrying the wrong person:

If I had married you instead of her,

I would not now be seething with regret,

Trapped by children, choked by dreams that were

My hopes before my life turned desolate.

I would not now be seething with regret

For having married more for lust than love.

My hopes before my life turned desolate

Now live but in the darkness where you move.

For having married more for lust than love,

I'm punished with a wife whom I despise.

I live but in the darkness where you move,

My hopes reflected in your azure eyes.

I'm punished with a wife whom I despise,

Trapped by children, choked by dreams that were

My hopes -- reflected in your azure eyes,

If I had married you instead of her.

© by Nicholas Gordon

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This week’s theme: Marriage

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