Independence vs. intimacy

Son, you must be proud of your wife,
Cute, learned, employed and well placed,
Unlike the one I’ve had as mine.
Son, are you well secure with her?
Are you at ease in bed with her?
Independence ruins intimacy.
erectness cripples confidence.
01.08.2008

poem by Rm. Shanmugam Chettiar
Submitted by Poetry Lover
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