BETTER HALF

 

BETTER HALF

Generation after generation, trust diminishes,
Growing rivalry, selfishness, and bitterness,
How many broken homes,
Are separations and betrayals visible?

Still, couples in romance seem less sensible!
Both are working with secret salaries.
Expenditure is a matter of whim,
One fell sick, another eloped,
Helpless is a husband or wife,
Problems scarcely develop,
Remarried, forgetting the past romance,
Children's fate and future remain uncertain
This is the study where the course is missing.
Between the lines, the topic promises.
Top executive careers foster a luxurious lifestyle.
Decades ago,
Husbands and wives lived different lifestyles,
Old age visits, his wife by his side with a spoon,
Medicine and water—it's the Lord's boon,
The wife stumbles; her husband picks her up quickly.
Money is a small saving shared willingly,
The husband urinates and vomits,
His wife cleans without hesitation,
The abiding faith and trust in the heart are resilient
Live till the last breath,
Octogenarians question what wealth is.
It is not the mercy of the Lord or his grace,
Better half at the side, diminishing access!

Pen: Bijayananda Mishra
Date: 6 June 2026
Themes: Greatness of marriage
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