Classic and Contemporary Poetry
TO 'THE WIFE', by BERTON BRALEY Poet's Biography First Line: You say I'm 'getting used' to you Last Line: So used to you I couldn't live without you! Subject(s): Love - Marital; Marriage; Wedded Love; Marriage - Love; Weddings; Husbands; Wives | ||||||||
You say I'm "getting used" to you, That where I once enthused to you, Regarding all your loveliness enchanted, I now accept it prosily And cease to paint it rosily, In brief, you say I'm taking you for granted! Your charges made so tearfully Are here admitted cheerfully. No shame or guilt my snowy brow is wreathing. For you've become a part of me, The very soul and heart of me. I'm used to youas I am used to breathing. I'm used to you, as, steadily, I'm used to counting readily Upon my heart to keep my pulses going; I'm used to youas flowers to The sunshine and the showers too; Or trees are used to sap that keeps them growing. I'm used to youeach way of you, The moods both sad and gay of you. I'm used to youto everything about you; I'm used to you; that's shown to be A fact. Yes, I have grown to be So used to you I couldn't live without you! | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...A BLESSING FOR A WEDDING by JANE HIRSHFIELD A SUITE FOR MARRIAGE by DAVID IGNATOW ADVICE TO HER SON ON MARRIAGE by MARY BARBER THE RABBI'S SON-IN-LAW by SABINE BARING-GOULD KISSING AGAIN by DORIANNE LAUX A TIME PAST by DENISE LEVERTOV |
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