I want what you have.
The way your husband looks at you
with adoration
admiration
affection
joy
pride.
I want what you have
four family members on a Christmas card
all together
intact.
I want what you have
wedding albums of family and friends
the same man standing next to you
as the one in the picture.
I want what you have
a man who will get out of his chair
and attend to childish needs
while you sip on your wine
and eat olives.
I want what you have
a man who appears
with a mojito in his hand
as you tread in the door.
I want what you have
the light in his eyes
and yours
the exchange of glances
at a fifteen year old inside joke
made on your honeymoon.


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Enjoyed.
I finally found him after 49 years and I will never give him up.
May 2012 fill you with the dreams and love you so deserve.:)
HUGGGGGGGGG
the light in his eyes
and yours
the exchange of glances...
envy is parasitic. i know this well.
sameness-of-man is a double edged sword.
longing for appearance is just...desire...and
false desire must be destroyed if
we are to experience such stuff as
"adoration
admiration
affection
joy
pride.
But it sounds nice and all...
R♥
Very nice poem, really brings up that feeling of jealousy.
(I'm not a meet at the door with a mojito kind of husband. I do, however, take out the garbage.)
If you didn't know the couple, I'd be tempted to answer this with an old poem called Richard Cory.