A Few Simple Words

What does he see in those mashed potatoes?

what secrets does he hold that can be so grin?

the silence like a canyon dividing them

he's on one side she's opposite him

trying so desperately to get his attention



she says, ''honey, you're a bastard of great proportion''.

he says, ''darling, I plead guilty to that sin.''

with potatoes half way to his mouth

he looks her in the eye and says,

''without a doubt

my love for you is all that I believe in.



''With those few simple words

her heart is sent soaring

she's able to face another day

. through the anger and the laughter

she knows that she matters

and somebody out there cares.