Woman Hard To Amend Poem by Rm. Shanmugam Chettiar

He, the widower, met her, the widow,
Accidentally in the place of her
After twenty prime years of their lives
That followed their painful aborted love.

Issueless, she had lost her old husband,
And yet had retained her sexuality.
Issueless, he lost her unwanted wife
And, hence, was searching for a life anew.

He offered to marry her next day.
It unsettled her at once. The surprise,
Which was obvious in her, wrought even
A greater surprise in him that it should be so.

He was of the view that she would consent,
Based on her freedom and the past passion.
She was of the view if she must consent,
Having lived so long, dispensing the love.

Woman, unlike man, is hard to amend.
03.02.2014