A mistress with an illegitimate child
Is pained in love for the state of her offspring
One that is her own cute love child
Is hated for the sweet passion of her dying love
For her beloved in whom she trusts for life
The man she gave her heart, much love and care
Has fathered her child but cannot be there
In the eyes of the world , he is a criminal sly
So what should he do , divorce his wife
First marriage to go and children five
But will that solve the problems high
Leave own children and make the first wife cry
Then how does he solve this complication while
It is a dilemma that many cannot abide
Four breasts, or two wives under a roof will not thrive
Unless you are an Arab who is used to having many kids and wives
Each with reverence and love he gives his share
The wives and children obey and care
In one faith it is taboo, another it is fine
How can man be so different, all of a kind
Strange are the ways of some wonderful beings
All is a matter of understanding little further on of life
Once there was a gentleman in Christian faith.
He was nearing his twilight years
And a good life he had spent with care
But his old loving wife was barren and were sad
He happened to have a child out of wedlock
And found in a fix for it was not done!
He raised the child above as if to pray
And asked God what should he do?
He ran to the priest asked him his help
The priest baptized the child and mother together
The child got a home and the mother was at peace
The three lived happily ever after, with the child they got busy
Then the old man and the old lady passed away in due time
Now the young child grows up to marry and life goes on
Stories like these are true and many
The twisted tales of man and his honey
There is this story now of a man who did not marry
His mother, a widow and he her only child
He was only fourteen when his father died,
He was raised by his single mother
He didn’t marry for the love of his mother
She got old and died last year,
And he a famous doctor
Passed away soon a year later
No relative came to claim his body
The law allowed no friends to do so
So in the morgue his body lay unclaimed for weeks
Until some way it was finally dealt
“Tell me not in mournful numbers, Life is but an empty dream”- Henry Thoreau
How can man be so different, all of a kind
I think that life would be extremely boring, if we were all the same and one of a kind.
Ron
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In olden China, men can have many wives, they are called concubines, and many men have several wives. This went on until in the 60's when the policy finally changed and now is one wife to every man, and the one child per family is still valid. Sad though... because every family is still favoring male child to carry the family name. Little girls are sent out into the road on a daily basis being run over by cars, trucks..... or whatever.
My own grandfather on my mom's side had 6 wives; and as far as I could remember, all wives were like sisters, playing mahjong all the time. They all lived in harmony.
Nice poem, very thought-provoking!
Sandie
Diana...