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Bed Expectations
I made the bed with knuckles cramped
and stomach churning from caffeine
removed all sheets and started clean
lifted linens, tightened corners
my frail knees buckled, sore shins screamed.
Misted perfume over cotton
-flattened creases, airing pillows
waving from my inflamed shoulders,
fluffing, fussing, folding fabric-
until the bed was neat.
And when my husband peaked to see
what, today, came over me, he
cried ‘far too often I have seen
this bed made with you in between
these sheets and nowhere else it seems!’
Storming out I wished he knew
how much I painfully pushed through
to overcome a seeming need-
that I be someone more than this
or for this bed be free from me.
and stomach churning from caffeine
removed all sheets and started clean
lifted linens, tightened corners
my frail knees buckled, sore shins screamed.
Misted perfume over cotton
-flattened creases, airing pillows
waving from my inflamed shoulders,
fluffing, fussing, folding fabric-
until the bed was neat.
And when my husband peaked to see
what, today, came over me, he
cried ‘far too often I have seen
this bed made with you in between
these sheets and nowhere else it seems!’
Storming out I wished he knew
how much I painfully pushed through
to overcome a seeming need-
that I be someone more than this
or for this bed be free from me.
Published 22nd Jan 2022
| Edited 23rd Jan 2022
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22nd Jan 2022 5:45pm
23rd Jan 2022 1:01pm
22nd Jan 2022 5:53pm
Yes, how blind we can be and take things for granted. If this is true, hope you are feeling 100% better. Hugs and peace, (O)
23rd Jan 2022 1:02pm
hello O, feeling a little under the weather but surrounded by super-supportive, very kind humans in my life. thank you for your comment, hope you're having a good day.
warmly, ursa 💜
warmly, ursa 💜
23rd Jan 2022 3:56am
Dear U,
Set fire to the bed and get a cab (I’d say run but your knees sound like mine) for the hills.
I don’t know where to begin in the relating to this poem? To me, the unspoken pain of feeling certain insecurities and trying to stuff them, only to be called out on them when I’m in physical pain and trying to place my thoughts elsewhere is a double jab that hurts beyond anything. There is so much lost when a relationship alters and truth remains silent. I really took this piece to heart and as always find your attention to such detail outstanding. Excellent write.
H🌷
Set fire to the bed and get a cab (I’d say run but your knees sound like mine) for the hills.
I don’t know where to begin in the relating to this poem? To me, the unspoken pain of feeling certain insecurities and trying to stuff them, only to be called out on them when I’m in physical pain and trying to place my thoughts elsewhere is a double jab that hurts beyond anything. There is so much lost when a relationship alters and truth remains silent. I really took this piece to heart and as always find your attention to such detail outstanding. Excellent write.
H🌷
23rd Jan 2022 1:07pm
Dear H,
Were this to be the case, I hear you! thank you so much for your kind comment. We so often do this in relationships don't we? Even seemingly small alterations or adjustments add up and our true selves get lost in those spaces in between. Super important for some resets sometimes, whatever that means for our external landscape.
I've made some edits here, for it to read more smoothly.
warmly,
ursa
Were this to be the case, I hear you! thank you so much for your kind comment. We so often do this in relationships don't we? Even seemingly small alterations or adjustments add up and our true selves get lost in those spaces in between. Super important for some resets sometimes, whatever that means for our external landscape.
I've made some edits here, for it to read more smoothly.
warmly,
ursa
23rd Jan 2022 5:59pm
Wow.
Depth that gives one pause.
Marvelously composed.
Brilliant conceptualization and execution.
Depth that gives one pause.
Marvelously composed.
Brilliant conceptualization and execution.
23rd Jan 2022 7:40pm
Hello Cipher_O
Sincerely appreciate your humbling comment and RL honour.
I hope that you are having a good weekend.
warmly,
ursa 💜
Sincerely appreciate your humbling comment and RL honour.
I hope that you are having a good weekend.
warmly,
ursa 💜
25th Jan 2022 9:48pm
Ursa,
I identify far too intimately with this piece...the aches and pains of one's joints and paralyzing depression. I am thrilled that you are sharing your thoughts with us, your kindred travelers. Brava!
I identify far too intimately with this piece...the aches and pains of one's joints and paralyzing depression. I am thrilled that you are sharing your thoughts with us, your kindred travelers. Brava!
26th Jan 2022 12:59pm
sincerely appreciate your comment, Gahdess_Worship. thank you so much.
warmly, ursa 💜
warmly, ursa 💜
