to all the ladies
I write poetry too! Here's one I wrote in 2003:
letting it go
it was easy to let it go
the discipline you had, the hopes you kept
deep within your head
you became busy
(and so you tell yourself and everyone else)
"the children came so quickly - i lost track of time"
and now endless cups of coffee and tea and
now the wine
cigarettes and smoke and dream and dream and dream
tired afternoons on the bed
sleeping soundly forgetting
you
your hair has lost its shine
your face, its glow
and you , my dear, have lost yourself
in introspection