Saturday, April 3, 2010

Question


You lie lopsided
posing a question mark.
Next to you, I too lie askew.

Bodies of two old buddies
by now so well versed
in their positions.
Too close, yet not close enough -

My once prince charming
is fast asleep, and I,
his once sleeping beauty
lie wide awake pondering
an infinitesimal crack in
love’s seemingly tight wall

open as a question one dares not ask –

By Rena Lee

1 comment:

The Bijou Poetry Review said...

Rena Lee is the penname of Rena Kofman poet and writer, a retired Professor of Hebrew from the City University of NewYork, and the author of eleven books in Hebrew, six of which are poetry. Her work appeared (in both Hebrew and English) in many magazines, anthologies, scholarly journals, etc For more details, listings, awards, reviews of her writings and samples thereof, please visit her internet site www.renalee.net

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