She took a deep breath, opened the door
so much to say, she could take it no more!
Her husband sat, reading the news
words flew in sparks, a verbal blown fuse.

''A woman needs love, tender and sweet,
a soft place to be, when she's tired and beat.
Timely caresses, a hand on her back
someone behind her, to pull up the slack.
She needs to know, that she is heard.
Understood, cherished, with actions and words.
A compliment, kudos, when she's feeling low,
someone who knows just what to bestow.
Simply, a partner to share her world."
There! She has said it, her feelings unfurled,

She stood defiant, holding back tears,
he folded his paper,
"What's that, my dear?"