She is the significant other.
An object to be
Gazed at,
Admired,
Loved.
To love and to hold.
Or is she the insignificant other?
An object to be
Gazed at when one is horny,
Admired when still young and fresh,
Loved for her looks, shape, and body size.
When beauty fades, shape changes,
and she is endowed with a menopausal body,
as folds appear in all the wrong places,
she becomes the insignificant other.
To control, ridicule, and discard.
Yet she is powerful,
Phenomenal,
Resilient.
And remains dignified even
when her man reduces her
to the other.
She is a woman.
is a Zimbabwean short fiction writer currently living in the UK. He is a teacher of English, Accounting and Business Studies, and a budding poet. He writes poetry out of love for the genre and to create resources to teach unseen poetry skills. His other poetry has been self-published on social media. His short stories have been published in magazines, e-magazines and journals including the Edinburgh Review. He is currently teaching GCSE English and A Level English Literature in the United Kingdom while working on a collection of short stories.