Back for months now from the war
He's doing much better
Coming to terms with the loss
of the use of his legs
Maneuvers the wheel chair like a race car
Yes, he's doing much better
We, he and I are not
He keeps a distance between us
Pulls away at my most innocent touch
Sitting by the window again thinking
Glancing over at me with his thoughts
You know the ones
He's not the same man as he once was
Without his legs what is he
How can I stay with him
"How can I not"
He says I can leave anytime I'm ready to
I don't need to stay out of pity
Positive he is not no longer worth loving
Go he says daily with his words, his looks
Me, I have had it! I'm not going anywhere!
"Who gave you the right to do my thinking?"
"When did YOU get the right to make my decisions?"
"Ok, your legs don't work anymore"
"Time you started to quit your pity party"
"Well, honey your mind isn't working right either"
"By the way I wasn't ware I fell in love with just your LEGS
"Hon, I thought you knew me better then that"
"Guess we'll have to revitalize your memory"
"Now won't we"
"I'm a warrior in my own right"
"I amazed you the way I'd fight for what I believe in"
"Well, I believe in us!"
"This is how it works from now on"
No more do we wait for the nurse to do leg exercises
You're going to get use to my touch
again
The one you said over an over you couldn't live without
No more sitting in front of the window, we're going outside
To explore, make jokes, laugh again, maybe even
cry
But we're going to do it together as we always did
Your coming back to our bed at night, I'm throwing out the couch
I'm curling up into to sleep from now on as
before
I'm going to seduce you as often as I want in this you have no say
I still light you're fire and you're not taking it away
"Got it Honey"
"Wow!" is that a smile I see in your gleaming eyes and on your lips"
"What's that your saying soldier?"
"I can't HEAR YOU'
"Louder"
Did you say, "I LOVE YOU?"
" Ahhhhh, You got it did you?"
"BABY I LOVE YOU!"
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