"Beyond the skies do I actually need to gaze", so I said-
When a friend narrated his tale of woe with tears shed;
"Is it the shape of things to come", query came to mind?
Or it proves an age old maxim that love was surely blind.
A child develops traits based on environs one grows,
How he behaves in later life, his conduct will show?
"First five years of infancy make a child acquire traits",
Author of the book "I'm OK, you are Ok", so does state.
A child needs both parental care as infant years go by-,
If proximity of either denied it might make them very sly;
Deprivation of infancy, then make them emit toxic fumes-
Which, often, turn a blossoming orchid into savage dune.
Long long ago, a friend was enticed by a charming face,
Over-powered by infatuation they got married in haste;
Alas! the difference in their up-bringing was soon shown-
As man was from joint family and bride from a 'broken-home'.
Cultural mismatch turned their homes into a battlefield,
Arrogance of the girl ensured no compromise be reached;
Suspicious and cynical, she always dreamt him flirting,
Fed up with her daily barbs, the man kept slowly drifting.
Slowly, the lady became a nuisance even in their locality ,
When neighbors got enraged with her split personality;
Her hypocritical ways were unbearable even for friends,
Because they all realized she was not what she pretends.
Soon, it was apparent she loved the company of freaks;
Lunacy and perversion was beefed up by wanton deceit;
One day an old lunatic enticed her with verbal aerobatics,
She lost her wits and fell for clever fox's virile antiques.
They often met when the husband was away from home,
In market or parks, hand in hand, they would openly roam;
One day husband came early from office, found house locked;
Not finding her in the house, he was stunned and shocked.
He inquired from neighbors but no one would tell him,
They would shrug their shoulders and just merely grin;
Husband was confused but could not make out anything--
His unfailing love couldn't imagine her extra marital fling.
As it happened, one day he saw his wife's medical report;
He was surprised by her pregnancy and attempt to abort---
Possessing this fact he confronted his wife with the matter,
Her reply was not convincing and he was not to be flattered.
Her rising mobile phones bills had already created doubts,
Now this issue of pregnancy had made him think aloud;
Guarded in his approach, he quietly inquired from neighbors,
They told him of the old man who had enjoyed her favors.
Neighbors had never approved her such wayward deeds,
They felt the old man exploited her for his sexual needs;
Equipped with this knowledge, he accused her of treachery,
An acrimonious debate followed with gems of verbal archery.
Months and days passed and the tension in the family grew,
Love had disappeared where only animosity could now brew;
Parents intervened, asking them to patch up for family sake;
"Impossible", he said, because they were no more soul-mates.
Actually old man had added fuel to the fire to exploit the lady,
He told her husband that unfaithful woman carried his baby.
It was enough to put to an end to tale of love at first sight-
When emotions take control not easy to judge what was right?
To live in a social system, one must follow its well-set norms;
"I" should become "We", if one wants to avoid marital storms;
'Self-is-right' must give in to adjustment and compromise-
Must not marriage be strengthened by devotion and sacrifice?
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