Must Have

A must have mentality is often corrosive;

When out of control, it’s toxic, explosive.

It’s not just objects, you understand,

But ambitions, traditions - castles on sand.

Blind love: - that can be such a thing,

The desire, to secure, an engagement ring.

It takes people down – individuals and families,

Shakespearian blood, spilt on fantasies.

A child of the sex, that you don’t have yet,

How many attempts and who’s to regret?

You don’t have to live with you, like we do,

and suffer quiet pain: - no hullabaloo.

It could be a country, like Poland or France,

To capture them all, would take a trance

Like state. Don’t stop. Keep on at great cost,

At the end, like a game, we’ll find out who’s lost.