His Resistance Of Her Poem by Cathleen Hodgkinson

His Resistance Of Her

Rating: 5.0


She sleeps as the moonlight illuminates her bed,
Her dog asleep at her side.
And in her dream,
He is walking hand in hand with her, both blonde as mistaken siblings,
Along the misty Rhode Island shore,
Her place of peace, a place she longed to show him.
And through her soft overgrown bangs blowing across her blue eyes,
She faces him and gently cups her hands on his face,
She looks into his eyes, although he will not look into hers.
She calmly says,
I believe I am the one woman you'd never need to fear.
She doesn't try to convince him any further.
She understands his resistance, understands his fears, his silence.
She accepts all that as a part of who he is.
It is unspoken, where they both belong in their separate worlds.
As she never asked for him either.
She gives him the most genuine and sincere smile.
Taking his hand in hers again and together they continue to walk,
Barefoot in the warm sand.
And her dream is over,
She awakens in the moonlight, still illuminating her bed,
A single tear falls onto her pillow.
Because she forgot to tell him,
She doesn't know how to let him go.

(January 2008)

COMMENTS OF THE POEM
C.R. Clark 10 March 2008

Pleasant dreams always seem to end too soon. A good read. Thanks Richard

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Flora Gillingham 10 March 2008

Love the dreamlike quality of the writing.

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Lawrence S. Pertillar 10 March 2008

He knows and is aware you can not let him go! That is why he continues to reappear. Getting closer as he shares a reality both of you can define. I see no 'resistance of her' at all. I see an awakening happening to allow love wished to occur. AND, it will. Nice poem.

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Listening to a dream. In the Greek mythology, Zeus sent mankind two types of dreams. The first through a door, the second through the other one. One told the truth, the other a lie. Very nice Cathleen...

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Subbaraman N V 10 March 2008

'Dream' is a wish fulfillment - the psychologists aver!

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Dr.subhendu Kar 19 July 2008

still she truges the path hand in with love soul when suolful by the mirth all around moon still bedecking by the spoted beauty of black life when swells by the breath of dream..................wondeful poem of love eloquently versed, yet luscious green ingenious across the lucidity as mused, well penned,10+, thanks fotr sharing

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Theresa Moore 05 May 2008

Warm poetic words that illuminate the soul...great write!

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Susan Witman 24 April 2008

The last three lines are the ones that touched me the most. I am glad to have read this one- for sake of those lines. Thank you for posting this poem or I never would have known it existed.

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Michael K 12 April 2008

Your words.. as if my soul is looking into a mirror.

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James B. Earley 20 March 2008

My friend 'Subbaraman' is on to something! Best wishes.

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