Why Do You See Only The Ugly Me Poem by Anita Atina

Why do you see only the ugly me


I have the same eyes that attracted you wildly

Lips that you kissed passionately before

A heart that loves you ever more


Why do you see only the sag and drop!

As if I’m a tree that’s old and warped

I still am the same heart of gold that you happily did behold


Why do you see only the bits that I trip over, and overlook what I do right!

Has our marriage become proof, that familiarity breeds contempt

And its best to stay independent, uncommitted, lived in or aloof!


Are these really options for us, lives entwined in a forest of emotions

Untangling what binds us together,

Is fraught with dark erosion


Gather or disperse, as clouds we must

Rain down and clear the skies

For overcast skies are always gloomy, and will shadow both our lives