He's king of the household Three wives in tow Eleven kids and counting Too many names to know
An unconventional lifestyle And therefore it's condemned He has to conceal his marriages He's always having To pretend
He's a seventh generation polygamist It's what he's known all his life But law in America clearly states a man can only have one wife
Women say it's not about falling in love Marriage, they say is dictated by Someone above
There's no giddiness in polygamy No kissing on the first date Elders have the final say when choosing a suitable mate ...or mates
Some men may taken on sisters as wives It's hard to believe this is true They live together in a single home If a third or fourth come along they live there too
It started with a man named Smith He founded Mormonism Though he is much revered Polygamy's incited quite the Schism
Smith said three wives ensures a place in heaven Depends on Interpretation To this Polygamists strongly adhere The church answers with excommunication
Life was hard enough for Polygamists When Warren Jeffs came along He took things to extremes and kicked out those who didn't belong He created in Colorado City a totalitarian state Closed it off to the world He created his own security force to isolate and man the gates
He banned TV's and radio Pulled all the kids out of the school Families were ripped apart Unless they followed his rules
Little girls were taken from home and forced to marry old men Since Jeffs was the prophet No one could stop it Some of the girls were as young as ten
When fundamentalists hijack any religion Things get out of Control In the case of the Latter Day Saints The innocence of children They stole
With over a hundred wives Jeffs was eventually charged with incest and of rape He plucked some of his wives from the seventh grade In the end he just couldn't escape
We haven't heard the end of this Polygamy is here to stay You might not know it at first glance But there are tens of thousands of living this way
Plural marriage has its attributes Family members are always near There's always someone to take of you Nannies and sitters aren't needed here
As long as no one is forced into it People should have a choice
Sharing a husband is the part I can't see A polygamist lifestyle Just isn't for
A beautiful, sad poem. It's not that's it's new, cause it's not. It's just that it IS. I'll never understand this world, but thanks for another moving poem. Take care. Yours In Kindness and Gratitude, Lin S. Goodman
Hehe ok on the negative side tons of spelling and grammar mistakes, mm pointing out short comings is fun... sadly i dont know why and this is why the world is going straight to hell. Why do people love to make other peoples lives miserable?
