Marriage Alliance - Request

One request for everyone in here,
Pass this on to your near and dear,
For all the alliance posts, I do read,
For all, even against, cast or creed,

Indian marriage is a stranger event,
Ruled by color, district and accent,
Love is not seen as the top priority,
Religion, is the supreme authority,

Bound by laws and rules of a state,
Rules changed, like words on slate,
Re-phrased for one’s convenience,
Sometimes beyond common sense,

It’s so bad to see criteria on posts,
Do we really see that, in our Dosts,?
I fail to understand this big thing,
That big gap until the wedding ring!

Starts with horoscope matches first,
Stars should match, he rehearsed,
The date of birth does not match,
Even the birds’ eggs won’t hatch ?

Sitting on top of cycle of evolution,
We still yet to find a good solution,
Salary slips now weighing a person,
Will it do good or let things worsen,

He cannot support my daughter then,
She is in IT, won’t be back before ten,
He smokes and drinks, at the parties,
She will not look good in her forties !

Her father left them, before ten years,
His kith and kin drink, loads of beers,
Her sister was married to another caste,
His grandpa lost money in some past,

We are living in the generation best,
It’s time we come off good old nest,
Do get to know your partner at first,
Before you say he is good or at worst,

So many things driving this marriage,
Love betwixt hearts, off the carriage,
I am sitting here baffled without a clue,
Should that, at all bother me and you.