Mediocre Matrimony

Mediocre Matrimony

A Poem by Sarah Jane

The naked space above my left knuckle 

Longs for a glinting gold to surround it

With a jewel as white as honeysuckle

That’s perfectly fit for a hypocrite


A day of perfection is all I want

Memories of musical matrimony

To fill a photo album I will flaunt

All while collecting my alimony


Aching again, my bare finger attests

Unity is more than desolation

I will curl my hair and don a new dress

While my heart now longs for liberation


I've learned that even with a new last name 

I’m unsatisfactorily the same

© 2019 Sarah Jane


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This is seriously sad. I hope this is only a write and not a personal situation. I like how this captures how common this is.

Posted 4 Years Ago


To me this reads as a conflict of regret and hope......with a dose of sadness.....but effective statement.

Posted 4 Years Ago


It sounds sort of like modern matrimony for some I suppose. I think it takes the right person to make us feel free and not a prisoner of a relationship.

Posted 4 Years Ago


just a different face to look at,and new perks to learn,but all the same
maybe your prince will ride in and put that ring on your finger

Posted 5 Years Ago



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