Red

Jabberwocky

She was long and pale with red hair.

She was stupid beyond her years 

and I optimistic beyond my experience. 

She was beautiful, 

With trauma I misinterpreted as depth.

She yielded beautifully and deeply though.

I liked that

She liked it too. 

We had two kids.

Oh, how they clung to me in the long night of her leaving.

They inherited my depth

and her absence.

Best of both worlds.

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  • sorenbarrett

    Here irony becomes humor and reality at the same time. All things happen for the best, at least that is what we tell ourselves it we want to remain happy. Well written my friend

    • Jabberwocky

      Thank you.
      \\\"Everything is getting better and better in the best of all possible worlds\\\" Voltaire after Leibniz I think.
      Jeez, he never married a redhead!

      • sorenbarrett

        It is said wed red and happiness has bled to a bed from which it fled. You are most welcome my friend

        • Jabberwocky

          Well...she certainly fled the bed, left dirty sheets...and two kids 🙄
          Have a good day. It's rainy here in Glasgow (surprise!) but I have coffee and bread and homemade jam, so a sweet day.

          • sorenbarrett

            Still raining here as well we must be locked in a warp of space and weather

          • Tristan Robert Lange

            Jabberwocky, this one cuts deep. It starts almost casually, even cruelly funny, then the emotional weight arrives hard when the children enter the picture. Powerful piece, my friend. 🌹🖤🙏🕯️🐦‍⬛

          • Goldfinch60

            Powerful words Gary that show the sad and happy things in life.

            Andy

            • Jabberwocky

              That's me, sad and happy at the same time. More happy than sad these days though 😁
              Thanks



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