Acquiesce – definition: to accept, agree, or give consent by keeping silent or by not raising objections.
I wrote a poem on this word – I hope you like it. As always comments are more than welcome.
My Acquiesce, My Love
You break our date moments before you are to arrive
I gaze at my reflection, all dressed up
But I keep quiet and say it’s OK
Days goes past without a word
Tension builds within to call
But I refrain from becoming a burden
A knock at the door, it’s you
I’m overjoyed and smile thankfully
You give no apology just expect compliance
A crowded room, many strange faces
I cling to your arm, anxious
You shake my hand away, discarded
An offer you accept with no thought of me
Dismissed and shown the door
A bus trip home, crying in submission
You pick me up when it pleases
Dropped quickly when not
My obedience, my love I cling
Moments are all I am given
Treasured and remembered
Without you I am nothing
Mandy Eve-Barnett
21st March 2013
Good job, Mandy – you have evoked in the many readers the emotions you obviously set out to share. The words were not empty – they were dipped in sadness, disappointment, but also desire and hope that is quickly resurrected with the smallest of notice. Oh, how we hang on those acknowledgements at times!
Awwwwww 🙁
xx
This makes me dreadfully sad. I think your job here is done.
So heartbreaking! I agree with the commenter above — I’d love to read a sequel poem where she kicks that punk to the curb. 🙂
I can see I will have to bend to pressure and write one!
Powerful and heartbreaking. A punch in the gut, really.
As a lover of happy endings, may I request that you follow this one up with a poem about how she dumps that worthless turd?
OK let me think about that one! Thanks for your comment
Wow – the heartache is palpable. Well done Mandy.
Thanks Leslie…