Courtship 

​‘Courtship’
 
Courtship
A time to look out for forecasts
abuse and unwanted hardship
sinking ships
before it sails
and partners
become black, blue and then pale
and wounds seems incurable
situations now terrible
why go on to marriage?
If you already seeing all the partner’s rage
Relationship ought to make one feel free
Instead, before the ring of mental and physical ownership
One feels already in an iron gage
Sadly, too many men and women never get to turn another page
Never get to a ripe old age
Never to share wisdom as a sage
No play on live played out
On this stage
Courtship
A time to study
With all the social help
Trust what you felt
In your mind and in your heart
When inner rage and anger and abuse they pelt
Long before for silver, gold and diamonds
Money was spent
To declare in a sham
The possessor and the possessed
Urgent need of social redress
Before boys and girls mothers and fathers
An entire society live in distress
Marriage a sacred thing
Not a public bling
To say she is mine
He is mine
Until ready to dispense of
Because it was never love
Never experienced live
Like turtle doves
For in a rushing search for un-received love
From the foundation of the home
The broken rush into a taste of hell
Often held in an evil spell
Abuse
Domestic violence
Could never be love
Abuse
Domestic violence
COULD
NEVER
BE
LOVE!
 
 Sankofa m f o m tuzinde
28th February 2016
Reflecting on the purpose of relationship courtships
 

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