Poetry for my soul

Men and Women

By, C Heidi Drew

March 13, 2013

We may love each other

We may be partners

However we seek out

Much of what we are not

And for those that are both

Ambidextrous at heart

All alone and together

From the start

Never really knowing

Which side is

the right side of the bed

Then we part 

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Selfish Love

By, C. Heidi Drew

March 26, 2013

You took my identity before I gave it up

I felt betrayed by women kind

My children under my wing, my loves

Their father for yours, living on rewind

He needed a mother; I was for mine

They needed a father; he was a child

Mine found the fathers they needed

I played both roles for awhile

He wasn't ready, that's apparent but

Neither was I though I had my instincts

She couldn't go it alone, I suppose

Selfish love must have been their links

Children grown up with children of their own

I finally found a willing grandfather

We survive the stories we create, unknown

And no longer does it feel as if life is a bother

We play roles in each others' lives, selfishly

At some point the role fits in the quagmire

Intent shows itself and choices are clearer

Love drives a life to a place that is higher