Family Trip With My Man of Steel
Poem: Family Trip with My Man of Steel
Family Trip With My Man of Steel
You held both hands
on the steering wheel,
the platinum wedding band
on your left hand
glistening in the sun.
You hit a pot hole
and the car jumped.
You took your right hand off
of the steering wheel
to reach out to me by your side
in the front passenger seat.
You held my left knee
and squeezed it.
You wanted to make sure
that I was okay.
Over the years,
There had been some
moments that were
similar to this one.
The time before,
when you hit a bump in the road,
you held your right arm
in front of me
like an extra seat belt
as I started to jolt forward.
I thought that your
protective nature toward me
was a thing of beauty
and I had loved you
even more deeply
because of it.
© 2017 Nyesha Pagnou MPH
Comments
Nyesha Pagnou MPH (author) from USA on October 04, 2017:
Louise, Thank you very much!
Louise Powles from Norfolk, England on October 04, 2017:
That's a lovely poem and conveys the feelings well of how protective people can be in a marriage. Lovely. =)
