What should I do

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    When a husband is told to choose between himself and who his wife wants him to be

    What should I do

     Obligations make you stay
    fear of disappointing ones make you stay
    love for your kids make you stay
    believing you can't do better makes you stay

    In the process you lose yourself
    You used to love to write
    You used to love to talk
    You used to love to be with your family
    You used to smile and laugh all the time
    What happened to what you used to be

    You told me my smile looked funny
    You told me to get a real job and stop writing
    Everytime I talked you didn't listen
    You never liked my family
    You doesn't smile or laugh
    Should I change for you

    I am not happy
    I changed for you
    I live for you
    You control my world
    Will you love me now
    Will you change for me

    Unfourtanetly no you won't
    you will be the same
    If you love me than you will do what I say
    But am I a man or a puppet
    Do you care which
    Do you love me or who you want me to be

    You say I don't love you the same
    Is that it or have I decided that I need to love me
    When I said I do does that mean I don't have the right to be me
    I chose you are you sure that you wanted ME

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    am2anangel commented on What should I do

    12-08-2011

    loved this write. I can so relate although from feeling this way as the wife. It's like I'm never good enough, and I lose myself in the image he creates of me. great write. -Tonya
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    koliegirl commented on What should I do

    09-11-2009

    I want to say I enjoyed reading this poem, but the poem is not a happy one so enjoy is the wrong word to use. I really like it though. It reached me because I can relate to this poem. I'm not married and don't have kids but I've had relationships. The position that the couple is in I've been in. It's rough. You're words touched a soft spot. I hope all works out well.
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    casher6

    09/11/2009

    Thank you it feels better to know that I am not the only person who has ever felt this way

    If I feel physically as if the top of my head were taken off, I know that is poetry.

    Emily Dickinson (1830-1886) American poet.

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