The Chosen One

The Chosen One!
(1)“Be grateful dear friend that I don’t marry you!” (2)For all beauty, man’s weakness, is really an act Women master (in spades!) Turn it off, turn it on! Each man born plays a part, Drones raised crippled in heart! The ‘fair sex’ is a poem perceived in a glance And its victims in life rarely get 'second' chance. It seems few men alive, dare to peer through Love’s veil, Though they’ve lives of a king, They don’t know anything! (3)Most women who dream, dream of not being blue, Not of love from a man! Where’s your freedom in pact, That imprisons your soul? Spend your life as the pawn To a bully’s largess? You might have to confess That your love’s not just hiding, you’re empty inside A ‘full house’ bluff advanced by a girl with no pride! One who spends life on prose may not get the best mail! Though the diamonds may shine, Some men douse her with wine!?? (1)“I know what I want, and I want it today,”? (4)Was the song of her youth that I still hear her sing. Now she lives on a budget her husband doles out! Does he value her soul? Was just leisure her goal? While he drives a Ferrari, her mom needs food stamps To survive on a pittance! New stereo amps Grace the sparkling home theater kids dare not touch! Husband kind to a fault - (Kids want candy or malt!) (5)As a man, I feel lucky (most days) I can say And I count her my friend (but did not buy a ring,) Expectations, not ending things more in a rout! Both got something desired When love’s dream was retired! I do wonder at times, does she feel like she’s won? I do hope that she does, that her husband’s someone She’d choose over again, That all joy’s not just spin! Brian Johnston 21st of April 2019 Poet’s Notes: 1. Her words: 2. What I feared she was thinking: 3. More of my fears: 4. What I think I know about her life:?? 5. Where things are for me today:

Copyright © | Year Posted 2019



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