I Walked into Marriage
Posted: 26 Jun 2020, 22:24
I walked into marriage because you
told me they are simple good folks.
I assumed they were also simpletons
but I kept my feelings a secret.
All those snide remarks repeatedly
you did M.A. don't know to match your blouse?
'Flowers from the bridge' they said
and I thought of the Cauvery at
Palipalayam and not the refrigerator.
You told me stories of Datchayani
I was not meant to overstay in my mother's house.
I don't like zarisari, no expensive jewellery,
no leather either, nor parties
aren't you lucky to have had me for wife ?
All I ask for is a Charles Bukowski
a Dunhill pen, or a German pencil.
And all those country cousins who knew well
stories of Datchayani have returned
to plunder their mother's house.
and refused any allegiance with their in-laws.
Affection through dissociation, Dad,
in your death bed I saw those underlined words.
How proudly I stood my ground
and not once did I come back to you
not even in my relapse of typhoid.
Now I am an example of the self sufficient.
I think you taught me contentment
And not to take a judgemental stand.
So I let my husband’s entire income
flow into his family
and kept for myself a small provident fund.
Consciously I walk still smiling
in a marriage I walked into unaware.
told me they are simple good folks.
I assumed they were also simpletons
but I kept my feelings a secret.
All those snide remarks repeatedly
you did M.A. don't know to match your blouse?
'Flowers from the bridge' they said
and I thought of the Cauvery at
Palipalayam and not the refrigerator.
You told me stories of Datchayani
I was not meant to overstay in my mother's house.
I don't like zarisari, no expensive jewellery,
no leather either, nor parties
aren't you lucky to have had me for wife ?
All I ask for is a Charles Bukowski
a Dunhill pen, or a German pencil.
And all those country cousins who knew well
stories of Datchayani have returned
to plunder their mother's house.
and refused any allegiance with their in-laws.
Affection through dissociation, Dad,
in your death bed I saw those underlined words.
How proudly I stood my ground
and not once did I come back to you
not even in my relapse of typhoid.
Now I am an example of the self sufficient.
I think you taught me contentment
And not to take a judgemental stand.
So I let my husband’s entire income
flow into his family
and kept for myself a small provident fund.
Consciously I walk still smiling
in a marriage I walked into unaware.