"Zen Denied"

Translucent Misogyny

It bears repeating…

Softly though,

            with little intonation of anger

            and a quarter of

The cadence,

you normally spew…

and I cringe.

The inflection vibrates paper-thin

vascular walls

            I’ve managed to retain upright,

in my adolescent heart

but one

Transfixed to a 37 year old man’s

            Sense of reason.

Was it love

to let me

live life alone

each night to

fight for my own

Sense of worth

in a world that

had little need

for a teenage

bleeding heart?

And was it necessity,

to fill my head

with hopes

            of a woman loving

            Me

Without having

to absorb abuse,

in order

to feel…

Appreciation,

Importance,

Gratitude,

Devotion,

Blue attitudes and

            Red Love.

And still,

it bears

Repeating…

Thank you.

Thank you,

Mother.

(March 14, 2011)