In The Dream You Have Created For Me Poem by Louise Tredoux

Rudi, I love you, Rudi, I LOVE you!
Your compliments echoing in my mind,
filling my soul, making me feel like a
queen, you refuse that I go diving with
anybody else – you are too jealous –
Juliette calls it possessiveness; logically
I’m not that pretty that you have to keep
me all to yourself; I know you are irrational,
Rudi; you see me prettier than I am - to you
I am Aphrodite, your goddess of love - to
Juliette I am just me; boring, conventional...

I prefer your biased views to her cool rationality,
I love your possessiveness - mother died early,
father never showed he cared; when you claim
I may not wear a short skirt or low cut dress, it is
because you care, your eyes see enchantment
where others see none; though nobody sees me
as desirable as you do, I play your game, imagining
I’m as beautiful as you say; I keep all my affection
for you only; though I’m not attractive enough to
draw attention – since you irrationally believe
I’m so beautiful and you should hide me away;
I will do as you say

You believe so much in my charms that I become
charming to you and I don’t care for anybody else
and they don’t care for me; it doesn’t matter that
Juliette calls me an Ugly Duckling – to you I’m a
swan, for you I become a queen, regal and proud,
head held up high; though I’m invisible to others,
I shall remain within your enclosures as proof of
my adoration, in appreciation for your vision of
me as your voluptuous goddess; I don’t want to
go outside and see others blind to the charms
you have dreamt up for me

I love being your beautiful Queen for all time;
if friends don’t like it, wanting me to feel as
ordinary as I am; I willingly say goodbye
to them and stay in the dream
YOU have created for me!