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I will be your wife

Tonight I will be the wife you wish for.
I will lie very quiet and still.
I will move only after you have asked me to.
I do not mind this game. I know how it ends.

With you asking for the wife you want.
The wife who always giggles at the wrong time.
The one who wants to play those silly games.
The one whose rhythm never quite matched your own.

Later, I will become the wife that you need.
I will rub that sore muscle in your back.
I will listen to your story about that asshole from work.
I will tell you about the funny thing that happened today.

In these ways, for today, I will be your wife.

Mmmmm. Very nice, Cate. And then there's the wife further down the road who will still be around to, if needed, help you get in and out of bed and around the house [though I may only be able to do so by pushing your wheelchair]; prepare your meals and spoonfeed you; and change your diapers... and stay with you because I love you, and you won't need to fear dying alone. Despite the years passing, that wife gets better looking and more appealing by the day.


~ Lizzy

I like the idea of the diference between the person wanted and the person needed
I think we all realise that what we want is not really what we need
Joe

Hello Cate. You could be describing the wife in an arranged marriage. You could be describing a wife who is deeply in love with her man. What an amazing combination of possibilities flow from your words?

Cate,
you sound pissed off to me.
You don't mention anything about the wife you wish to be.
Maybe you are sick of being a "wife" ?