Arranged Marriages Are Cool If They Are Not Forced Poem by Daya Nandan

Arranged Marriages Are Cool If They Are Not Forced

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Forcing an arranged marriage is truly a horrible thing,
Committing your child to a stranger, misery it can bring,
It certainly does not suit the youth of this time and place,
A marriage set by parents for the sake of caste and race,

Using your years of marriage experience to make a wild guess,
If a man or woman is worthy to bring the marriage success,
Forcing adults into a pit, one governed by family politics,
With so much potential to bring hate, enough to shatter bricks,

The youth today are much different than people back then,
Most have many past relationships be it for the women or men,
What if the man abuses your daughter and happily cheats on her,
For to him she may not be the choice he would really prefer,

What if he has another lover, a past lover he truly wanted?
A love not forced by family, with his new wife he is now haunted,
What if the same goes for her and now she is unhappy and sad?
Are you sure it will workout once they become a mom and dad?

Think about it rationally, you are playing dice with their life,
in hopes that would just give up and love their husband or wife,
It is inhumane, how can you ignore their right to choose,
Risk putting them in a loveless marriage with culture as an excuse,

What is the point of putting on a show for the sake of family name,
When your children are living in regret and suffering in pain,
People need chemistry, life experience brings the best matches,
Trial and error should happen, yes they may be some scratches,

You have to understand that maturity takes experience and time,
How can you force adults into marriage and expect them to be fine?
Stop forcing arranged marriages, they wont always turn out well,
For incompatibility can truly put a relationship through hell.

Saturday, December 26, 2015
Topic(s) of this poem: love and dreams,marriage,love
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