What a sad observation of women and of love
So much prejudice mingled with deceit
To find a woman with indefinite attachment and yet
the man can spare none for her
While some women aspire to find partners based
on degree of looks , suitability or wealth
They say love is a battlefield...
Then arm yourself - steady on your feet
Woman you will be subjected to the lying tongue of a man
Or the violent strike and the late night argument
Long ago when love was a duty , it was done dutifully
Am sure it was duly appreciated
Sir Lancelot of Camelot and his Damsel-in-Distress
Since then we have sought to destroy everything
Warnings of Global Warming , the white rhino
Will you destroy love also...
Love claimed greater than death
Biblically recognized as the greatest gift of all
Oh, when men would go to war for love
The thousand ships on the beach of troy and the young lovers defying all
Kings , governments , soldiers and peace - all for love
Oh , when writers would write about love like Shakespeare did:
Love alters not when it alteration finds...
When King would defy Lord and Religion for his mistress Boleyn
The age of duels , cloaks laid for chivalry
Alas! What an age
Where women and love are not valued.
HOOOOW....that is totally not true...there various reasons for this changes(my opinion)...(1) the incarceration of many men who at times steal to provide for their women and child...(2) Economic problems which leave many men unemployed(highly dangerous in this materialistic world we live in)..(3) the desperate attempts some women go to(read Boleyn)....this 3 reasons make men complacent and aware that if he has a job, car and Diggs then he is as rare as an honest Kenyan politician....You know of day becoz of existence of night...the love that existed back in the day is becoz they valued it..now we(read both men and a good percentage of women) get what they want as par their convinience...what you value can't be accessed at your own convinience..
ReplyDeleteI totally agree with you , im not satirising men i am merely remarking on how this postmodern era has sought to destroy everything. Myself , im into high culture - Austen , Shakespeare , Dickens and the repetition and redundancy of popular culture doesn't do it for me . Is it strange , my idea of being 'wooed' is totally and completely traditional. Diamond ... why not write me a sonnet instead?
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