Hoping to Rhyme

  She had the choice of a life free of unrest, While her husband went on his 14-year arrest, But she chose to go with Rama, Because Sita’s world was Rama. It was tough eating only fruits and berries, It was tough sleeping on the hard floor, bearing the pain of bristling briers, It was tough not to fear the sounds and sights of the wilderness and its fires, But she was good for it, because Sita’s world was Rama! She stood shoulder to shoulder with Rama, Bore his misfortune as her own, Accepted his destiny as her own, Because Sita’s world was Rama! When the King of Lanka snatched her by treachery, She fought back hard, though in vain, against his butchery, She bravely bore the pain of the kidnapping drama, Because Sita’s world was Rama! She lived frugally amidst the lap of luxury, Sleeping on cold, hard stone, surviving on air alone, Keeping her husband free from Lanka’s debt, Because Sita’s world was Rama! She waited patiently as she heard,...

  It was the perfect teenage romance, He was handsome, she was beautiful, both were in a trance! Everyone thought this relationship would be smooth as butter, But she believed she deserved better!   She got bored and tired of him, She wanted money, a big house, servants waiting on her, Beautiful clothes, trot the globe, luxury on a platter, Who wanted love when she deserved better?   She was beautiful and smart, She overturned the love applecart, She could have anyone to flatter, After all, she deserved better!   That was more than 25 years ago, When she had turned him down with a no, Driven by arrogance and vain pleasure, Thinking, "I deserve better!" "I love you," he had said. "I'll keep you happy until death do us apart," he had said. But she had scoffed at and brushed him aside! "I deserve better!" She had said. Today, she was rich but alone, without love,  She thought she was paying the price o...