Michelle Faulkner Poet Free verse

This Love Story

After fourteen years, I have learned
This love tells a different story
The rhapsody of wrinkled sheets
I share with you
The eternity of your snoring
I can no longer sleep without
Your fathomless reservoir
Of lame jokes I still laugh at
I would even miss the annoyance
Of your declarations on how other people should drive

I'm sure this love
Looks quietus, looks dull
Unworthy of song or scribe
But this unremarkable, everyday, 
bill-paying, grocery-shopping, house-cleaning,
alarm-clock morning, lawn-mowing, dog-washing,
dinner-making, car-maintaining, laundry-folding love
Is what fills my heart, and makes me whole.

3/18/2018

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Line Gauthier April 10, 2018 at 10:33 PM What a lovely write, Michelle. Raw and delightful. Congrats on your well deserved win. Michelle Faulkner April 12, 2018 at 2:53 PM Thank you for your kind words!

Constance La France April 3, 2018 at 3:33 PM Michelle, congratulations on your win in my contest with this lovely write . . . Michelle Faulkner April 6, 2018 at 8:42 AM Thank you, appreciate that-

Gershon Wolf March 18, 2018 at 10:13 PM ala Fiddler on the Roof?! "Goldie, Do you love me?" "Do I what?! "Do you love me?' You're a fool! For 25 years I've cooked for you, cleaned for you, ...After 25 years why ask about love right now?!..." Reg. your magnum opus: The patience of you women is saintly. But then again, you are saints compared to men---and you CAN tell my wife I said so. After all , she already knows!! This was quite an enjoyable read, Michelle! :) gw Michelle Faulkner March 19, 2018 at 8:21 AM I never saw Fiddler on the Roof - should check it out! Thanks as always for your entertaining comments!

Caren Krutsinger March 18, 2018 at 8:44 AM This is genuine, from the heart, and explains why you are still together after 14 years. Nicely-written. The last stanza was right-on. Michelle Faulkner March 18, 2018 at 9:18 AM Thank you for your lovely comment, Caren

Silent One March 18, 2018 at 8:36 AM Lovely poem and a realistic love story.. Michelle Faulkner March 18, 2018 at 9:19 AM So appreciate your comment, Silent One