04-20-2018, 12:55 AM
Advice of Old Silas to Sadie Hawkins, Spinster
We write of love and loss a lot,
but know the latter better than
the former’s surge and urgent lust
some never feel... but all have lost.
Regard the storied bridal ring:
its gain, monogamous and sweet,
is premature if lovers tense
as life-long loss of liberty
becomes a diabolic bridge
that neither crosses. Best to lose
illusions, chicken out nor jump
at chance of romance for, my dear,
its end, as of all things, is dust.
We write of love and loss a lot,
but know the latter better than
the former’s surge and urgent lust
some never feel... but all have lost.
Regard the storied bridal ring:
its gain, monogamous and sweet,
is premature if lovers tense
as life-long loss of liberty
becomes a diabolic bridge
that neither crosses. Best to lose
illusions, chicken out nor jump
at chance of romance for, my dear,
its end, as of all things, is dust.
Non-practicing atheist