CayCay Godwin Poet Rhyme

WAKE HER WHEN SEPTEMBER ENDS

Eleven months without physical harm
is a blessing she cradles in her arms.
One more month remains of living unchained.
Soon life might lose the dread that threads alarm. 

As his time serving overseas dwindles,
her coerced endurance holds less kindle.
Her thought onslaught is worry fraught and serves
images that swell in her heart and nerves.

She lives aware that one second can swerve
a life into despair no one deserves.
He might die or be maimed at the finish line.
In her mind, September is a landmine.

Fears make wishes to become unaware,
be numb to thirty more days of warfare.
She knows as a premature lamenter,
she wants sleep until the end of September.

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David Scott September 19, 2026 at 12:37 AM Love the sweeping rhyming verses well written❤️

Sara Kendrick September 3, 2026 at 10:58 AM Congratulations to you on your winning work in Daniel's contest. I enjoyed reading your entry. Way to go. 👏✍️. Sara K.

Andrea Dietrich September 2, 2026 at 3:39 PM Hurrah. You made it onto this prestigious winner list. So happy for you. This was a fave poem for me. Big congratulations 👏🎉. It's also high on top 100 new poems list!

Paige Hind August 29, 2026 at 11:51 AM this is so, so beautiful, CayCay <3 wow :)

Ink Empress August 29, 2026 at 1:37 AM I can only imagine the pain of military wives, and what they endure, in fear of what could go wrong or bad for their beloved. Sometimes I feel it a more deeper ~ somedays. Honestly youv touched a subject that is so soulfully moving dear Cay Cay. And the way youv written this is brilliant! Its a new fave for me for sure! Pleasure reading this gem Sending you light always 💋

Karen Jones August 28, 2026 at 4:43 PM CayCay you’ve captured the angst and feelings of many! The third line is especially emotive and I can’t imagine if my husband or son/daughter was in harms way in the military! Best wishes in the contest!

Robert Gorelick August 28, 2026 at 11:25 AM The anxious agony you describe is an element of the human condition familiar to all. A loved one engaged in warfare; will he/she survive? Will the outcome be relief, or a veil of tears? Your words will always be relevant as long as humanity endures. Robert

Valsa George August 28, 2026 at 10:06 AM I can sense the anguish of wives whose husbands are in the warfront. Any day a calamity can fall into their lives in the form of an attack changing their destiny in unanticipated ways. They are always on tenterhooks. A powerful poem of a wife's angst. To her the one month, September is a landmine.

Joseph P. DiMino August 28, 2026 at 9:11 AM "She lives aware that one second can swerve a life into despair no one deserves. He might die or be maimed at the finish line. In her mind, September is a landmine." -- Wow, powerful heart-wrenching truth. A long time to hold one's breath. A deeply moving write.

Andrea Dietrich August 27, 2026 at 10:35 PM Outstanding!!! A fave here! You really thought outside the box.

Joanna Daniel August 27, 2026 at 10:14 PM This is so personal and deep, a longing for a husband placed far away in military duties... Well expressed angst, CayCay😊 just wanted you to know that I always cherish your wholehearted comments on my poetry🥰

Gershon Wolf August 27, 2026 at 8:23 PM Sounds like you've been there... My wife and I -- esp. my wife --- felt this way when our youngest son was serving in the Israel Defense Forces. He survived... But now he's got reserve duty every year. Last year it was almost 90 days. Yuck. Even the soldiers who are not killed or maimed suffer. I say, let Netanyahu fight whoever's leading the damn Palestinians personally. Then he can take on the mullahs of Iran. That'll cure his 'war fever.'