Abundance Of Choice Poem by Rm. Shanmugam Chettiar

Mate selection has now become easy.
Barriers of caste and religion are cut.
Men and women study or work together.
Abundance of choice afflicts selections.

What if I commit and someone better
Come along later? A boy is worried.
What if someone far better come along
After I am married? A girl is worried.

Every woman waits for a prince;
Every man waits for a princess.
They exhaust their age and spirit of love
And find a mate to be dissatisfied with.

Tendency to skip marriage commitment
And settle in live-in relationships
Seems handy for the pair independent.
Abundance of choice means discontentment.
15.02.2015