Twin Beds
As a kid growing up
watching the old black and white TV,
I was puzzled to see Ozzie and Harriet,
a married couple,
retire to sleep in twin beds
So I asked my mother,
do you and daddy go to sleep in different beds?
My mother just laughed and said, no child ...
and don't you believe everything you see on TV
I took her advice to heart
Turning on the tube,
and separating the image of reality from actual reality
is an acquired skill
The simple will get duped,
they can't adjust their thinking to see
outside of the seductive programming loop
The creators of the image of the twin bed,
I call these unseen Geppetos ---
Puppet masters
They love to pull the strings
They want to control your perception of reality;
make you be fearful of things,
fill you with an urge to buy things
Even make your soul stop feeling anything
when you see others struggling ... suffering ... dying
Don't lie down in their twin bed,
don't let them separate your heart from your head
Marital sex is based on two adults in loving agreement
Two become as one,
there's no twin beds
How can I make love to you
if we're not in the same bed together?
Unconditional love don't come with strings attached;
not then,
not now
Not ever
Copyright © Freddie Robinson Jr. | Year Posted 2017
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