Baby Shower Blues

She made all the excuses
    wrapped them up in pretty
        pink ribbon
            confetti spilling about

Fear lingered behind her
    naïve
        wide eyes
And I thought she was
    going to cry

It's hard to explain the
    conversation we had
        with words that were
            never spoken

A nod of my head
    letting her know
        I know her story
            all too well

21
    with a baby on the way

When asked point blank
    what she loved most about
        her husband

She simply could not say.