My Anger Stands Between Us like a Wall

October 25, 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 the need in a marriage to let go of anger:

My anger stands between us like a wall,

Or a river of burning brimstone straight from Hell.

I love you, and I want to love you well;

I call for help, but you can't hear my call.

I love you for the man that you've become

And for the years we've put into this life.

But all the pain I've suffered as your wife

Has left my poor, scarred spirit deaf and dumb.

God help me, please! I need to cross to you

And live the life I never thought we could.

Be patient with my anger, and the good

Within us will my fisted thoughts undo.

I know the fault is mine now, and I'll try

To let go of the wounded, dying past.

For us and for our son this has to last.

And so I bid my angry soul good-by.

© by Nicholas Gordon

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This week’s theme: Marriage

10/21: Families Are the Girders Underneath

10/22: If I Had Married You Instead of Her

10/23: Marriage Is a Turn Towards Innocence

10/24: Marriage Is the Closest Kind of Friendship

10/25: My Anger Stands Between Us like a Wall