The Journey of Marriage
The Journey Of Marriage
Grand party, grand clothes, grand decor and grand style!
Well-wishers and greetings cheering the dulled hearts
Silver jubilee's are celebrated by partners with affected smiles
Wars behind doors and eyes literally gnawed out by painted talons
The tongue's wrath suffices enough to dig the other's deepest grave
Hugging and kissing, hot breaths murmuring love,
Recanting nostalgic moments of forgotten years
Questionably doubtful are their publicly remembered memories
Hypocritical man enjoys the pleasures of his self spun yarns
The journey of marriage is of the queerest sort
For the first 25 years the credit goes to the woman
She is new in a family of cobwebbed informal strangers
With unexpected situations and strangeness all around
Dowry and many more expectations with her innocent entry
Barbs suffocating her and barbed wires demarcating her existence
A new family is fenced around greatly testing her tolerance
The frail kneel down and the frailer are knocked out in a wolf pack
The strongest of them bitterly battle through their horrendous lifetime
In the next 25 years milestone the man is crushed by his woman's strength
No more cowing, she now woof's and purrs, her journey has just begun
The new look, the new woman, the new beginning,
A bold woman takes birth, her fur flies, no more messing with her
New music they listen to while forced to to see their real satanic selves-
Tarnished images barren without their much wanted spoils
His wife now a stranger, the truth he faces as she demands justice
Balances are straight, her voice commands respect as her ship sails off
The sacrifices of an egalitarian woman demand numerous accolades
November 12, 2015
Contest: The Journey Begins
Sponsor:Matt Caliri
Copyright © Balveen Cheema | Year Posted 2015
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