he wears her like <br />the badge of honorable <br />abuse.... <br /> <br />silently listening <br />to her rantings, <br />picking her up <br /> <br />when she falls. <br />layers of anger <br />misdirected to him.... <br /> <br />yet he takes the blame <br />without complaining, <br />and keeps on..... <br /> <br />till too long ignored, <br />too long in the silence... <br />he walks out the door, <br /> <br />without a word. <br />love's not a badge, <br />not even a cross... <br /> <br />it's a highway <br />that must be walked <br />together!<br /><br />Eric Cockrell<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/a-badge/
