Marriage
Where the beautiful, blissful
Dreamy state gives way too soon
To wide awake reality
Of mounting bills, pregnancies
And worrying non-pregnancies
And donations and loans and mortgages.
Where finances and sex and sexual preferances
Seem to rule.
Marriage
Where the poise and grace
And character
Of a child reflects the cook, the nurse
The tailor, the teacher and various other
Roles that the mother has donned.
Or none at all -
Reflects the sagacity and sincerity
And responsibility of the father
Or none at all.
Marriage
Where with passing years
One learns to read, not just facial expressions
Or the atmosphere of the room,
But each other's thoughts
Across the Globe -
Where attitude during the day
Shows on the attitude in the night
When the so-called big things
That seem to matter so much during the day
Lose out to the small, small indifferences.
Marriage
Where moving in different directions
Works like a spring
That pulls back - resulting in headlong collision.
Where the romantic notion of give, give, give
Soon gives way to the disillusioning reality
That it is give and take, give and take, give and take
All the way....
Where bread winner and bread maker
Work as a unit and synchronize
To make an institution work
For the betterment of some other little human being,
Putting themselves last on the list.
Marriage
Where flirting to gain her attention
Backfires -
Because you cannot take it when she flirts too -
Where ninety nine point nine percent does not work,
Because behind all those humdrum finances and relatives and sex
And children and mortgages and bills
Marriage is -
And always will be
Only about Love, Protection and Security.
Glory Sasikala
