A time there was when a king and a queen

Lived a happy life amongst the green

God blessed them with a bouncy boy

Who added extra thrill and joy

Soon the passing year rolled by

Another bouncy boy arrived

As the two together grew

There arrived a pretty baby too

Now the family was complete

Everyone waited for a treat.

Many, many years skipped by

Someone cast an evil eye

The peaceful happiness was gone

When a girl arrived in town

Her winking eyes, her chubby cheeks

Drowned the tired kingly sleep

Night and day, the telephone rang

Will you save me from a bad boys’ gang?

Yes, the answer rang so true

Soon he was caught in the false trap too

The fatal marriage bells soon rang

Next day she ran and joined the gang

In later years another came

Wrapped in disguise and joined the fray

She ruled and ordered the king and queen

Move out now, or I will write your requiem.

The King was humiliated shut up too

Puzzled he knew not what to do

The tears she shed were faked up too.

The second came no difference came

Lives were strained it was the same

The parents escaped the game was same.

That left the aged king and the queen

Trussed up and bound to their chair

Now nothing remained to raise their hair.

Roped to a devil of a boy

The baby cried her life was sore

Drunk in ego, pride and whim

 He tossed the kids to gain and swim

Marriages they say are made in heaven

If they break, they are not broken.

Fame and fortune follow trail

If you do not raise your tail.

Life is a game, play it well

Or you shall be dumped into the well

Not all is well that ends not well

Money matters just go to hell.

                                      ~Shobha Diwakar

                                       Jabalpur, India