Against shotgun weddings

** against shotgun weddings **
Shotgun weddings
So much out of style
Single mothers now make do
Parents let sleeping dogs lie
Instead of shotgun weddings
Likely to end sadly and badly
A bride joined to the unwilling
Never likely to survive
Rigours and bumps of weddinghood
Days beyond cake used by date
After the honeymoon
After every shred of momentum shed
When the vows become a harness
A chore to which your wed
No sleep as young one crying
Mortgage or rent to be paid
So many tasks to attend to
The path is longer if badly laid
If lead to path's start
With a heavy unresponsive heart
Shotgun barrels all motivation you possess
Shall not last that long
At some point the tension crack
And wedded pair disintegrate.