Abdul Malik Mandani Poet Free verse

Tell It Like It Is

Oh, it’s a complete package—
Love and sex,
You cannot have one
without the other.
I love my parakeet
but I cannot go do…
You know what I mean?!

But sex alone is
A pitfall, a delightful deceit,
A black widow, a chimera, a mirage--
A romantic nonsense!
It is ephemeral, a concubine of time;
It shackles our free will,
Curbs our freedom…
A momentary bliss,
Lifetime to rue!

Love is a misnomer;
If love means worship
It is God,
If it means companionship
It is a spouse,
If it means camaraderie
It is a friend;

But put together—
Love and sex,
They can either be:
The pinnacle of bliss
Or 
The pit of abyss!



~10/27/22
~Contest: "Tell it like it is"
~Sponsor: Mystic Rose Rose.

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L Milton Hankins October 28, 2022 at 10:38 AM The last lines of your poem are the best, Abdul. Many of us have experienced both, unfortunately. Nothing surpasses the joy of a good marriage, nor the misery of a bad one! Abdul Malik Mandani October 28, 2022 at 10:51 AM You hit the nail on the head! Thanks Milton.