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Paralyzed By Love
His very presence evokes feelings
Of hatred nausea disgust
But all else prevailing love
Fighting like an army of one
Against the forces of heaven and hell.
Friends say I should leave
Abandon him at the drop of a dime
Like a confused mother would
To her newborn child
Who so carelessly ends up in the trash.
His lips touch mine
And all I want is to push them away
Swat them away as I would
An exceedingly annoying pest
Incessantly buzzing past my strained face.
Yet I do not leave
For reasons as unknown to me
As the origin of the universe
My heart can't quite grow its wings
To fly away to a land of freedom
Fake smiles and meaningless giggles
Are all he will ever know
Naively accepting this as a true love
While I fight the urge to frown
Cry and run far away
Everytime I think of leaving
My legs become frozen
My muscless stiffen tightly
And I begin to realize
I'll be forever paralyzed in time
As his precious loving wife.
