I'm preparing my wife for all those battles with others ahead in her life
by causing her stress now, to develop her coping skills. I love my wife.
Oh no! I'm not the normal husband who will say ' yes dear…whatever you say';
instead I respond: 'what makes you say that? ' or 'it's lots better to do it my way.'
Oh sure. It would be easier for me to always be calm, to be my natural weak self,
but I'm exceptional in my behavior; I'm not a husband off the 'normal' shelf.
So I'll keep on pretending to not understand and not cooperate, and not agree.
It's just an act I do for my dear wife's own good; .......it's really not the 'real' me.
(Dec.2010)
One again I saw myself in this nice poem. Art and and literature are mirrors for society, you know it much more than me. What I believe, a mirror may be a perfect plane mirror, but if it is beyond my access is useless at least for me. You are writing in such a simple and beautiful language that it is very easy to understand you all over the world. In my humble opinion your poetry is universal.
This poem has not been translated into any other language yet.
I would like to translate this poem
One born in fire will not fade in sunlight! So you are 'acclimatizing' your wife to cope with the harsh realities of life..... A very far sighted and considerate huband! !