Love Poem #2 Poem by Mr. Bumstead

Last night you told me that I was smothering you. This pains me deeply for I know it is truth. It reminds me of a time I smothered my ex-wife. I smothered her with whiskey breath and neglect. You know this story all too well don’t you? ..For many years she prayed for me to change. Finally a day came when she just prayed to be free from me. I don’t miss her nor do I ever want her back, but what hurts me the most is that I was oblivious of my actions. I told myself that I would never let my soul get lost again, …never get caught up with the tormenting demons of the night. So I put down the bottle and looked toward a new way of living. I sent prayer after prayer away to a God of my understanding. I asked him for a second chance, but actually he had given me many many second chances in my life.

Sometime before the end of the year 2007, I promised God and myself that I would never be so blind to a woman’s love again; bargaining that if God would only place that perfect woman into my life, that I would love her like I have never loved before, treating her with respect and dignity, and always putting her before myself.
I prayed this woman would be my best friend and perfect lover, my wife and my soul mate…

You came into my life and it couldn’t be more heavenly. Like two puzzle pieces we coincided perfectly. You’re all I ever wanted, …All I ever needed.

I’m sorry for causing you pain. Please let me let you breathe again. I don’t want to smother you, I want to love you.

I thank you for sharing your life with me,
for giving me a reason to believe,
For loving me for who I am.
‘We didn’t need fortune didn’t need fame, just a little shelter from the rain
Your hand to hold on to, when times got tough you pulled me through…’