Prithee sweet maid Pt three

story poem

 

Prithee sweet maid pt three.

 

The great day came and they were wed.

 A whole new life now lay ahead

A future they must learn to share.

 

With much to learn on either side

The proud bridegroom and his new bride

and this they did successfully.

 

Together raised a family.

Part of my family history

From whom I'm proud to claim descent.

 

I boast about my ancestry

 all high born aristocracy

Although the years have been unkind.

 

The family fortunes have declined.

Today you’d be hard pressed to find.

A wealthy member of the clan.

 

 Though we can boast of our blue blood

It does not do a lot of good.

When you have bills you cannot pay.

 

Now as for me I thought it wise

 to find a wife who satisfies

 My appetites and creditors.

 

To wed for love a luxury

 denied to me by poverty.

I had to choose one upon

 

 My lady’s worth and her value.

Luckily she combined the two.

A sordid tale but sadly true.

 

My lady knows and does not mind.

Perhaps because love can be blind

Though I believe she was prepared

 

to share her bank account with me.

 So she could share my ancestry.

She claims a title now you see.

 

I am convinced nothing has changed.

 That marriages were all arranged

for both sides to benefit.

 

But love can grow in spite of this

 into a state of married bliss.

I am quite that this is true

 

 I love my wife and she loves me

 we live together happily

A dream for both of us come true

 

You can believe it’s up to you

 or disbelieve it as untrue.

I only aim to entertain.

 

If I succeed in pleasing you.

What does it matter if it’s true?

or just pleasant fantasy.

 

04/07/2009

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