Obligation

 You asked me to come and I said yes

I said yes as that is what I am supposed to do 

And then we came and you showed excitement 

Yet a discomfort obligation was seeping through

I went home and called you in few days

And said you come over next Sunday

You said yes and I faked excitement 

As I was returning the favor as I was supposed to

This exchange of favors and Karmic entanglement 

Crazy cycle of obligation continued for  years

An exchange of favors, niceties and expectations  

I am sure it was boring thing equally for you 

Yet we engaged by societal pressure 

To attend those parties weekend after weekend

I wish I stayed home and read my books

You must have missed your creative times too

Such an energy no pleasing to me

And I am sure it was not pleasing to you as well

So let’s stop this waste of energetic exchange

As there are so many better things for both of us to do

Praj101