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A (Not so) Gentleman
April 20, 2019
Gentle smiles and soft laughs
Only disguise his less-than-gentle
fists
I hear my mother call him a gentleman
And I watch my father shake his hand
Those hands he touches me with
and not in the way you think
My home used to have
Bright yellow walls and perfect
crown molding
Two huge windows
reflecting the blue sky
The walls are a faded yellow
Like healing bruises, my walls display my secrets;
They say the walls whisper secrets but no
Wall would dare tell mine
He keeps me in this chokehold
that I cannot escape
He has my own mother fooled
A gentleman
Is what they call you
But gentle
Is the last type of
Man you are
© Rajacenna v., Vlaardingen, Netherlands
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