He was looking beyond the starry night
Trying to get a glimpse of the sight
For the day had been really tiring
Creaks came from my every wiring

It wasn’t the work that made him weary
It was the thinking that kept him teary
All those painful memories I had buried
Sprang up and just like that, his soul got sullied

Where was he wrong? Why did she punish me?
Is his consent any less than hers
Or should a man just be alright with it?
Why couldn’t she understand his love for his wife?

All kinds of thoughts jumped in his mind
It’s been two weeks to the incident inside
The office where he has been working overtime
Ever since he said no to his boss’ advancing chime

He knows he deserves a raise and so does she
But she wants something as a ‘fee’
Something he is not comfortable with
For he loves his wife and can’t cheat on with

But he also can’t bear this torture
He can’t keep thinking about their ‘stature’
He was done with all this bullshit
He couldn’t tolerate this weird guilt pit

“I’m sorry my love for I know I promised
To be with you always and in Honest
But I am in a lot of pain and I can’t express
For boys can’t cry because of such silly stress

I make these stars the witness
I make these buildings the witness
I make thy God the witness
And I make this wind the witness

Of a weak guy unable to face
The reality of society and rests his case”
For now, he was really tired and couldn’t take it anymore
And he jumped from the roof while facing the door

From where he sees his wife coming out
Before she could realize, in the midway he passed out
And whispered as loud as he could
“I love you hon but this is all I could
For this is all I could do
All that I could do…….”

© The Prarabdh