Old Fashioned Poem by RIC BASTASA

call me old fashioned
i will not mind, i still cling to marriage
despite the odds.

i am not an angel
but i always know how to ask
forgiveness.

my wife is hardheaded
taking me in again
with all arms embracing

this prodigal husband
this philanderer
with nothing to give but love
reborn
and promises relived

life is hard
fidelity is a long lost virtue
but marriage must remain
as the cornerstone
of life

inside the house still
lies the real home