Because she wants to touch him, <br />she moves away. <br />Because she wants to talk to him, <br />she keeps silent. <br />Because she wants to kiss him, <br />she turns away <br />& kisses a man she does not want to kiss. <br /> <br />He watches <br />thinking she does not want him. <br />He listens <br />hearing her silence. <br />He turns away <br />thinking her distant <br />& kisses a girl he does not want to kiss. <br /> <br />They marry each other - <br />A four-way mistake. <br />He goes to bed with his wife <br />thinking of her. <br />Sher goes to bed with her husband <br />thinking of him. <br />-& all this in a real old-fashioned four-poster bed. <br /> <br />Do they live unhappily ever after? <br />Of course. <br />Do they undo their mistakes? <br />Never. <br />Who is the victim here? <br />Love is the victim. <br />Who is the villian? <br />Love that never dies.<br /><br />Erica Jong<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/parable-of-the-four-poster/
