Friday, April 27, 2018

success sustained in songs of love


(to be wise and love, exceeds man’s might – shakespeare)

 

three little words every wife hears

          (where’s my supper?)

now let me make this very clear

how did love become so defined

courtship crushed under daily grind

 

family: everyone has a role

where status quo becomes the goal

responsibilities refined

expressions of a love defined

 

until sorrow is sand slipping

through fingers futilely gripping

we are slaves to evolution

procreation constitution

 

proof of provide then cum inside

and all the love you feel besides

doesn’t fit in this expression

do your duty, learn your lesson

 

and all the reasons she was wooed

have no bearing on what we do

to pay the bills, wipe noses ill

the glass of obligation filled

 

this trap is just a tapestry

unraveling in travesty

we force divorce, because, of course

we’re claiming a buyer’s remorse

 

instead of seeing through the lies

that love is not a compromise

where every day a brand new song

should come your way and come on strong

 

you sing to her, she sings to you

and everything else you do

is just the stuff that’s in-between

so trivial it is unseen

 

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