O what a tangled web we weave
When we choose to deceive
Or to be deceived
We need to realise that we receive
What we as ordinary mortals choose to give
Let us not, therefore, live
In a state of blissful ignorance
Of the rest of the world and its tolerance
Just yesterday you did loudly cry
That to her letter you did not reply
So now you need to explain why
The problem has been raised to the sky
If only you had been frank and told the truth
You would have spared yourself and Ruth
All the pain and the disharmony
Including having to face so much ignominy
Her paranoid father and ruthless brother
Taunting you and your poor harried mother
About the love letter that you wrote to her
Such emotional outpourings are best kept verbal
Since the written word is considered immoral
Remember that in our hypocritical society
It is only the high and mighty
Who can get away with just anything
While lesser mortals like you will always feel the sting
Of the shame that even innocuous actions can bring
Sandra Martyres
http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/entangled/
