This woman has given all she had to love
And it has left her bankrupt.
There is a splendor to love like this
Compared to the miserliness of wedded love
Which says “I give” … “You take” …
And bargaining so
Hoards mutual content to dull repletion.
(Edith Mirick)
More Poetry from Edith Mirick:
- Fairy Tales (Edith Mirick Poems)
- En Tour (Edith Mirick Poems)
- Black Sheep (Edith Mirick Poems)
- Brothers (Edith Mirick Poems)
- Old Houses (Edith Mirick Poems)
- Dearth (Edith Mirick Poems)