Contract Matrimony (The Sonnet) | Abhijit Naskar | Dervis Vadisi: 100 Promissory Sonnets

When I fall, I fall wholly –
without a safety net of any kind.
Prenups are an insult of love,
all in fear of an imaginary night.

Contract lovers are worse
than contract killers,
at least contract killers
don’t second guess their motive.
Either love or don’t,
there’s no second guessing –
either marry or don’t,
there’s no contract matrimony.

Prenups are for juveniles,
Clauses are for cowards.
To seek escape in commitment,
is an act of con, not love.

Escapists have no right to love,
Lovers have no need for escape.
When you change exes like socks,
It’s a sickness, not a choice.