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The Wedding Band - Written from his point of view
I looked down at my hands
covering your breasts and
saw the shine of my forgotten
wedding band worn smooth over time.
You didn’t seem to
notice since it was warmed by flesh
once promised to another.
Those were promises I kept
until her death.
I still wear her ring
to remember her and
discourage sexual advances.
I felt my wife's hand
covering my ring in approval
as I came inside of you.
covering your breasts and
saw the shine of my forgotten
wedding band worn smooth over time.
You didn’t seem to
notice since it was warmed by flesh
once promised to another.
Those were promises I kept
until her death.
I still wear her ring
to remember her and
discourage sexual advances.
I felt my wife's hand
covering my ring in approval
as I came inside of you.
Published 28th Apr 2022
Author's Note
My lover apologized for wearing his wedding ring the first time we made love. His explanation was sweet so I wrote this through his eyes and added a favorite photo he took of me on our second date. I think he'd asked about the next course. My daughter said I should blur my face. Smart girl.
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28th Apr 2022 5:45pm
Great sweet man. If you want you can put a string around his ring so can wear it around his neck if you both agree. Keep on writing.
28th Apr 2022 6:36pm
Echo Skyblue 2's comment. Sweet write telling the first time between you from his POV.
1st May 2022 8:19am
Roger McGough says, that talent is fine, but empathy is better.
This lovely poem is proof of that.
Hat off for that and for that you seemingly effortlessly are able to look through someone else’s eyes!
Kind regards, Gus
This lovely poem is proof of that.
Hat off for that and for that you seemingly effortlessly are able to look through someone else’s eyes!
Kind regards, Gus
6th May 2022 1:01pm
To add to my earlier comment, also like the last lines:
I felt my wife's hand
covering my ring in approval
as I came inside of you. [shades of movie Ghost in this, to imagine the dead love assisting him with his new love]
I felt my wife's hand
covering my ring in approval
as I came inside of you. [shades of movie Ghost in this, to imagine the dead love assisting him with his new love]
27th Aug 2022 7:16pm
Someone like me might just think that's wishful thinking on the lady's part.
Her approval is something neither of them know that they will ever get from the one who has passed.
Maybe the man's reassurance to the lady in her life by saying that this is what his wife would have wanted could be comforting at least.
Speaking from a place of complete ignorance on my part this is speculation at best.
Her approval is something neither of them know that they will ever get from the one who has passed.
Maybe the man's reassurance to the lady in her life by saying that this is what his wife would have wanted could be comforting at least.
Speaking from a place of complete ignorance on my part this is speculation at best.
