Draft 2

3/11/2021

Where is Fair?

I wanted to be a man and didn’t want to wait,

Yet I did patiently for so many moons some time ago,

In so many songs I was told ‘Ne’er is ne’er’,

Despite a better plan for me, my instincts I wanted to sate,

I wanted her a part of me to show I wouldn’t let go,

In spite of our convictions, she told me “Fair is fair”,

I wanted to serve well as a man in their eyes of my mate,

Her promise I received that knew what we would undergo,

Despite the prongs, I decided “Dare to dare”,

I wanted to be a man and didn’t want to wait,

I paid the price when she smote heart on undertow,

All the songs seemed to sing of her to say “Wear is wear”,

I wanted to be her man, but she laid me low,

When her vices grew, you’d think I would’ve said “no”,

In spite of the bond we shared, she told me “Fair is fair”,

I wondered if I was a man and “Why bother repair?”,

Nothing could ever have prepared me for that blow,

Despite the wrongs, I was asked “Where is fair?”,

A few caring tongues also told me “There, there.”