Monday 28 April 2008

Us

When I think of us
I thought it meant you
I thought it meant me
Us was no longer me, myself and I
It was now more of you
and less of me

Us now means putting you first
Every time, in everyway and everywhere
You reassure me that you love me very much
Not that I don't know what it means
But I always wonder why

You taught me what love is
Been loyal and faithful to you
It hurts to think that I want Us badly
but I can't let go or
I don't want to let go of me
and what could make US better

©ejatutu

12 comments:

Jennifer A. said...

Hmmm...deep. Lovely poem. Sacrifice is the key word in a loving relationship.

Chari said...

Love ur blog and ur work..I like the the subtle deep essence to your poems..keep em coming babe...

Thirty + said...

Wow I am thinking hard of this "Us" c'est deep is all I can say.

Tears said...

WOW! beautiful is all i can use...

Morountodun said...

Me likey. I wonder at the nature of my us (did that even make sense? but hope you know what I mean). How much of us is me and how much is her?

Ms. Catwalq said...

men, this was me a few months ago

The Activist said...

Hmmmmmmmmmmm US. More of him and less of you. I prefer a balance US

ejatutu said...

@jaycee- thanks and I am learning the hard way unfortunately

@charizard and @ tears - thanks... I will do my best

@30+: merci...

@morountodun: this should not be a competition of who gives the most. In any loving relationship, the other person should have ur all and vice versa.

@standtall- Sacrifice (as Jaycee noted)is the key. Pls help me to define balance.

I am hoping you are not saying give as you are given because looking at the society so far balance has not produced that many loving relationship.

The Activist said...

My point is simple, there are so many people especially women in relationship that have endured what they shouldn’t have in terms of making sacrifice, your husband asked you not to work cos he wants you to care for the family and you did what he said. He died God forbid and his family took his property from you. So, who lost?

Your husband goes on clubbing and you sacrifice your time taking care of all his affairs eg food, clothes, children etc and he gets back and beat you up and pple now say you have to sacrifice? I wonder.

What I meant by balance is not give as you give; it means give as you take. If I am taking, I should give and vice versa. I sacrifice for my husband and he does same and this make our relationship healthier. I can’t be the only giver and he can’t be either. That is my balance point.

Looking at the society, I don’t think it’s balance that have not produced good result, it’s because pple are not happy cos there is no balance.

Tears said...

so wen u gon update?

Thirty + said...

You have been tagged on my blog

darkelcee said...

Hope you are good?

just checking up on you.