Since it's the 30th of April I had better post one more poem before National Poetry Month is over. Following is one of my favorites. It pretty much addresses the question of why we should follow our hearts and not base life decisions on what others think.
Ed
by Louis Simpson
Ed was in love with a cocktail waitress,
but Ed's family, and his friends,
didn't approve. So he broke it off.
He married a respectable woman
who played the piano. She played well enough
to have been a professional.
Ed's wife left him...
Years later, at a family gathering
Ed got drunk and made a fool of himself.
He said, "I should have married Doreen."
"Well, they said, "why didn't you?"
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