She shows her mother the birthday gift
her beloved has just given her
A symbol of love that has no end
This to them means they will be one in the near future
Her mother says oh that’s beautiful but yet she
hears the blast of unspoken words like bombs
raining down upon a country at war
She decides to drop the subject for that moment
only to find the same unspoken anger
when she brings her gift up later
With a tongue as sharp as a knife
the woman who brought her into this world asks
Why did you tell him you’d marry him?
Why would you put yourself through that?
Her answer as simple as I love him
Her mother fiercely protesting
love is overrated
In true rebellious fashion
she says mom, we aren’t you and dad
I’ve seen what marriage shouldn’t be
From that day on the ring hasn’t left her finger
and it never will
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