She toils all day
Tending to a toddler -
The mom that she is,
She has to rise to the occasion
And enable her children,
By proving her devotion
To the kids of her kids.
How does it matter if her old bones ache
Or her limbs scream for rest?
Other than that,
It's all fine!
The perfect pair
The perfect house, perfect values
Hospitality
An urge to serve, to please, to nurture!
They sprinkle their love
To all and sundry!
The pitter-patter of little feet
Is all they miss.
Other than that,
It's just fine.
She wakes up like a soldier
Heading to a battle field.
Chemo sessions, radiation therapies
Care givers haggling over kitchen politics
Some see her for who she is
Some for what they'd miss when she is gone!
She smiles and endures the inevitable,
She smiles and endures the inevitable,
Facing her own mortality.
Other than that,
It's totally fine.
He wears many hats
Son, friend, support
His parents' every mood swing
Is targeted toward him
Probably because there isn't anyone else
To tolerate them
Or because he is a soft spot that takes it lying down
To martyr himself in the name of love.
Other than that,
It's certainly fine.
He gets crushed, squeezed, smothered
Balancing the act.
A mom cannot be sidelined
Nor can a spouse be undermined!
The women in his life fight over him
Or over their own yearning to win?
Masquerading in a smile
He lets them own, he lets them win
Slowly killing bit by bit
Of what is him.
Other than that,
It's obviously fine.
Aren't pretty, delightful kids
The hallmark of a happy marriage?
Of course they are,
The fruition of two souls merging
On a bodily level.
She gets up, dresses up, shows up
He is blissfully absent
Physically, emotionally, spiritually!
But isn't enough enough?
A roof on the head, grub in the tummy
And don't forget the pretty delightful kids.
She cries herself to bed
Feeling lonely. Left out. Orphaned
As apathy vanquishes hate a million fold.
Other than that,
It's actually fine!
The kid has a convulsive fit
Induced by high fever.
Single mom, rushes to the ER
Comes home fazed! Unsure, shaken.
The kid sedate on medication
Drifts into sleep
As she knocks the neighbor's door
For support!
"May I ask you a favor?
I am scared and alone.
Would you mind staying with us tonight?"
The courteous, kindhearted neighbor agrees.
The courteous, kindhearted neighbor agrees.
She lets a man into the house
A man that isn't hers!
Tomorrow he's gone, and she's alone with her fears.
Other than that
It's pretty fine!
Social butterfly. Hundreds of online friends
Ubiquitous on every hang out.
Opinionated, passionate, under control.
She makes a virtual world her reality
While swallowing happy pills.
Old, worn out, alone
In an empty nest!
The facetimes punctuate the voids
The love emojis mask the wounds.
Other than that
It's really fine!
Looking through the window,
Filtering her fears and longings
She keeps pacing the corridors
Italian marbled, carefully decorated corridors.
He might show up tonight
May be tomorrow
Spent, wasted, perhaps lost
He seeks it outside the threshold
She lets him. The devout yin to the yang!
For loving too much is a thing
For loving too much is a thing
As is taking for granted!
Other than that
It's absolutely fine!
A little bit of this,
A wee bit of that
A pain here, a betrayal there
A tear here a fear there
A deception here, a vacuum there
A loss here, a turmoil there
Amid all this rubble
Of little 'Only thats'
Life goes on
Cause other than that
It has no choice but to be
fine.
_/\_
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