that would be nice too.

2005-08-14

The Lover and the Lovee

Now, lover boy, you listen to me.
Are you sure
You want to spend all your life
Acted upon, not acting?
Defined by the Passive
Not the Active Voice?
'He was cooked a fine meal.
He was washed a clean shirt.
He was kissed a warm kiss,
He was loved,
He was lived.'

Intolerable? Of course!
Now lover boy, you listen to me.
For a change, you'll be the lover
And i the lovee.

........................................
Lim, Catherine. "The Lover and the Lovee." In Love's Lonely Impulses.
Singapore: Heinemann Asia, 1992.

it would be so nice if i even had someone to tell this poem too. even if the person was forever in the Passive Voice. it would still be nicer than noone, be it in the Passive or the Active. i guess we are just resigned to the shelf. us, sad girls, we'll continue loving each other and keeping one another company on the proverbial shelf. it's even sadder for me because there has been a Very Obvious Message from God yesterday.

please, please, please don't go.