My Trophy Wife Poem by Rose Kanana

I aimed high
Higher than my peers
I had to demonstrate that i was not in their league
I married a trophy wife
Well schooled
Widely traveled
She spoke the queens language through her nose
She had well manicured nails
I walked with swag showing off my trophy
My peers had total respect for me

She had got to the end of academic pillar
Her paycheck was admirable
Oh brother, she was nothing but a trophy
A trophy to nurse my ego
A trophy for my peers showbiz
I was hollow and lonely yet with a trophy
Deep within i admired my peers wives
They were not trophies
But they inflated their husbands ego
Like balloons filled with helium, they flew high in comfort

They make their husbands feel special
They have time for family
They make them sumptuous meals
Without minding their not hawk-like manicured nails
They receive me and my trophy not with a grin when we visit
But my trophy has an itinerary for guests
Hearty welcome is not for my folks
But for hers, for she was educated
To sieve the good from bad visitors
We are locked in our own world-lonely

Titles lie my brothers
I still think that a less trophy would have made me better man
A man of the people not a man for my trophy only-I am caged
I feel lonely yet i have a trophy
It has downed to me that the company of my chef is real worth
My trophy would rather eat in a five star hotel
Than fix us a meal in the house-the kitchen is not her preserve
I want to change for a lesser trophy
One that cares not about her nails, title or layers of mascara
One who is like my peers beautiful, warm and easy to engage wives

Oh my trophy wife when will you realize my ego is battered?
Oh my trophy wife when will you realize we need to save for our shadow days?
Oh my trophy wife when will you realize i need my conjugal rights?
Oh my trophy wife when will you realize that i need a baby with you?
Oh my trophy wife when will you realize there is the boy in me that needs the girl in you?
The price i have to pay
For my public stunts
The price i have to pay for my ego
The price i have to pay for my trophy
Is this more than what i bargained for?