Required: sacrifice

So apparently there are 

Only two models of marriage

Across time, place and 

Any other dimension

One in which

The woman does everything

Accepts all the flaws

Of everyone around

Lets them flourish

At the cost of her own life 

Glosses over her pains

And brushes them 

Under the carpet

To make way for

Everyone else

And everyone is happy 

And another in which

The woman questions everything

And demands her equal share

Of life

And everyone is 

Constantly squabbling 

And I know why

I will never choose

The path that leads to

Happiness