A Silent Plea

I wrote this before I left my husband with five kids in tow. He has since passed - cancer.

A Silent Plea

How can I make him see through my eyes

How I feel... why I cry tears that I hide

In the familiar loneliness of where I live

I need so much more than he's willing to give

To be loved and cherished... to make him desire

Only me above all... to soar to a higher

Level of closeness not yet revealed

To mend the holes the years have concealed

I long for his embrace... the comfort to be held

In his arms with tenderness... truth to tell

I don't have the words to make him understand

How I feel lost, empty, apart from this man

That I love, honor, and respect in my heart

How can I tell him, where do I start

I can't make him want me if the feelings not there

It breaks my heart that he's not willing to share

This part of our marriage intimacy allows

And undefined strength... an unspoken vow...

...Of love