Maybe you are more tolerant
and forgiving than I am
When it comes to insulting words
by someone you love, words that
sometimes can be the death knell
of a romantic relationship
or even a marriage.
I’ve never been one to suffer abuse,
Suffered too much of it in my youth,
Which served me well later in life
When others tried to walk on me.
I once had a wife, who disrespectfully
and undeservedly, said to me,
“Use your fucking head.”
Unknown to her at that time,
despite my reacting angrily to her
undeserved, disrespectful words,
that sentence was the death knell of
our dying marriage that was
on life support during that time.
Though I was disappointed in her
for valid reasons, never would
I have talked to her so disrespectfully.
And with that single use your fucking head
sentence she lost my love and the
marriage forever.
Bob Boyd
