At some point, the flowers do
stop coming
The party and cake orders cease
A moment you thought was special,
at some point
Competes for some recognition
amidst the regularity
Some people forget, some don’t
bother to make that call
The number of thank yous has
reduced
Like clockwork, you make coffee,
eat toast and egg
And like every single day, clock
in silently at nine thirty
Candles are saved for power
failures, you believe
And not for silly moments of
romance
You know there won’t be
strawberries and champagne
When you hurry back home,
knackered, at seven
The love is there, somewhere,
hidden, you explain
Possibly like the gift you won’t
find
It’s in the eyes or in the lines
of his unclenched palms
Behind the boredom or embedded in
the ageing brain
Be the goddess of the night; give
him a new 'you';
The pressure’s been on for a
while
You eat more greens, no grains,
and retrieve the curves
You drop sizes, go shopping and even get some makeup
That night, as you rub lotion
into your tender, tired, hands
And glance at his hair you love
so much
You realise that you want to love
and like never before
But now you’ve become the girl no
one wants to touch…