Personal 'Affairs'! Poem by Lawrence S. Pertillar

You are right!
I don't know how much,
You are feeling your pain.
But you do talk about it...
As if you have a relationship.

With an obligation you fear,
If you divorced from it,
It would surely be missed.

And like all marriages that don't work out...
You are hanging onto this one,
As if it makes you proud...
To bear this anguish,
In private and in a crowd.

You are right!
I don't know how much,
You are feeling your pain.
Or what you are going through...
To maintain and sustain its discomfort,
Twenty four hours.
As it attaches its latch onto you.

You had to agree to it.
Look what you 'allow' it to put you through.

But I am not the kind,
To involve myself what is not mine.
So if it appears as though I do not care...
I try not to involve myself,
With those who are entwined...
In such personal close 'affairs'!

Nor do I believe...
It is something I should consistently hear about.
Or you should constantly with me try to share!
Whatever decision you eventually make...
Make it to the best of 'your' benefit!