The Perfectionist Wife

by Cheryl Merrick

Filled with anxious concerns
each day I queried,
"Have you read the scriptures?
"Did you pray today?"
My husband's terse, annoyed reply of, "No",
Escalated my fears.
"Would we be a forever family?"
My attempts at subtle encouragement
failing miserably,
I anguished over my husbands "failings".
Sure that our children would be corrupted
by their father's deficient example,
I despaired.

Weakesses

by Cheryl Merrick

Why are my weaknesses
a “disability”,
while yours are
simple normality?

Why is my inability to
remember details
a sign of a brain defect,
while your inability to
creatively solve problems
is merely an area
where you aren’t gifted?