THE MYTHS AND REALITY

Imprisoned by the myths
Myths-informed about all
Things around that matter
Of love and marriage
The myth of perfectness
Widely spread and live among us
Destroying and endangering our lives

Setting up unrealistic expectations
Of impossible dreams and magic thinking
Misinforming, misleading and disillusioning
Deceiving us in its entirety
Preparing us to walk away
The moment our fantasy clashes
Yes, meet with the reality
But the truth set free from the myths

Of the myth of viral love
Insisting that love is caught
Much like a virus
Some enchanted evening
When you happen to be
In the right place at the right time
Soon, it zaps you
Ending it all there
In a lifetime of unending bliss

The myth of the ‘right person’
Of the bone of my bone
The only one somewhere to come
Suggesting that on him or her alone
Fulfillment of longed happiness
Aligning stars to get the one
The Mr. and Mrs. Perfect
Making up romantic, excited and blissful life

The myth of the ‘full box’
Of the mind of total inheritance
Of things self-replacing good things
Unshakable un-interrupting blissful home
Of accustomed satisfaction and life-style
A continuous struggle to get
Another box once the old loose
Power to give desired satisfaction

Of the myth of ‘marriage-go-round’
Of ho-on and off marriages
When feeling and interest go
Satisfaction and desired now drained
Of unfulfilled selfish lustful gratification
Making spouse disposable and replaceable
Dumped and going for better offer
Just replace it! Replace it quick!

The next come, the next,
The big unexpected trouble!
In the whirlwind of life
When we’re worn out
Of taking many basic responsibility
Of child-rearing and home keeping
Then the virus subsidies
Yes, romances vacates the stage
And reality takes over

Dawn on us all then
Confuse of what to do next
Of the mistake we have made
Taking romance for true love
Yet love does not die
Because romance bows
Indeed bow for what we rare consider
Yes, reality, reality of things