04-14-2017, 05:45 PM
Cordelia
I’m frightened by his need.
He wants false words, fake
worship. How can I be
true to what he taught
without a lie?
He thrives on absence.
I’m banished while
my sisters emasculate him.
I come back just to die.
I forgive him.Then
when he’s sane again
and knows what he has done
he carries me dead in his arms
like a virgin mother,
weeping. I hate
the way he makes a fuss
about himself. It’s always
him, him, him.
I’m frightened by his need.
He wants false words, fake
worship. How can I be
true to what he taught
without a lie?
He thrives on absence.
I’m banished while
my sisters emasculate him.
I come back just to die.
I forgive him.Then
when he’s sane again
and knows what he has done
he carries me dead in his arms
like a virgin mother,
weeping. I hate
the way he makes a fuss
about himself. It’s always
him, him, him.