Significant: a poem

Some say "significant other" like it's some kind of prize -
It's more like a disguise for what they don't want-

Don't front,... how long will he or she stay significant?-

See, what I can't understand is how a woman and a man
can stay significant but can't build a brick further than that-

Boyfriend, girlfriend, shorty, boo
partners in crime, terrible two-

I want far more than phone calls and meetings
that will just keep repeating, until we see each other,
as more than significant-

There's nothing wrong with a starting point
but you come to my joint, all jealous, over zealous-

and when I mirror your audacity, you sharply tell me,
"I don't see no ring on this finger!!!"-

so why would I linger, between joy and ploy?
I'd rather be 'your boy' than remain "significant"-

The bottom line is I want marriage, the bond that-
no man can disparage-

no games, no con, no slight of hand-
just one good woman with one good man-

I'd rather have you fail me now,than have you, years from now sit me down,look me in my eyes, gray in my beard and say;

"Baby, you'll always be significant"

~Jalil al-Asad Amir al-Hamza