Another Friend is Gone...

"Another friend is gone."

Yes, another friend to wed

is all my cynical mind does think

as the invitation's read.

A part of me is happy

as I think of wedding bells

But one's picture-perfect wedding dream

is another's view of hell.

Don't you find it rather something

that in the Bible we find this warning:

"Bettter to live alone in the desert

than with a loud, aggressive woman"?!

Will he truly be contented

and hold his wife so very dear,

or was he secretly manuevered

by social pressure and inner fear?!

It might sound a tad judgmental

to think of others' lives as such

but too many couples buy the rings

without giving too much thought.

The secret to independence

is living on one's own.

The courage for a man to just say "NO!"

could save an otherwise unhappy home.

(written by Andrew Brown during one of his sarcastic moments, ha!ha!)