HE WANTS TO MARRY ME

To look at me one wouldn't think
Out of place no conception of time
My birth name taken given a number
Steel rain drove my family far away

Had a girl child lost to war by age three
All I've ever known gone, no signs of peace
Ship to shore in another land without say
Hardest times to forget the month of May

Blessed to be alive, got the scars to prove
From my eyebrow, down to my ring finger
Slept in the rain under night thunder storms
Eyes kept a secret the jungle floor my security

The pain of my face twice worth ignoring
Those with plenty money found me quite boring
The words I love you get mailed back to sender
Good times on short notice hard to remember

He wants to marry me
Why me, marry me?
Ugly has made its mark
He ask to marry me!
I can't believe this
Unsightly to my past
Who would want me?
He wants to marry me

But I've been told there's someone just for me
The bad thing about love is its unique disguise
Naive and a bit of a dreamer I fell for the lies
Then out of nowhere I'm sought out by this guy

He said the mark on my cheek was beautiful
The long cut along my arm made me prettier
Spoke with a gentle voice touched so tenderly
In the past men have called me worse than ugly

Never knew what it felt like to be a woman
Had no idea the power of words sweetly spoken
This man craved for the spiritual part of my soul
Asked if he could hold me, embrace my warmth

Threw all I had to the wind, fear and danger fled
Said to myself, this feels like the birth of an angel
His being was a familiar song, poetic lips captured
With both hands tracing my x,y,x I soon gave way

He wants to marry me
Why me, marry me?
Ugly has made its mark
He asked to marry me!
I can't believe this
Unsightly to my past
Who would want me?
He wants to marry me



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Poetry by Nina Lee
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Written on 2014-04-29 at 00:28

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Ivan R
What a tale. What a read. It had me nailed down from first to last syllable. It was a roller coaster ride, one emotion to the other, I'm drained now, after this read.

So many things, feelings, what to make of it, I don't know... but a great ride it was, yes, hope the poet finds the way.
2014-04-29



This is such a touching write. Why wouldn't a real man not want to marry the beautiful woman behind the scars? I've often heard that real love comes from the imperfections rather than the perfection of the physical person.
2014-04-29