Poetry With A Mission



...a thought provoking poetical exercise.

For Adults Only

(In a manner of speaking)

"Extra! Extra! Read all about it! Husband and wife have been seen who’re happy!"
Yes, you may well laugh, but how many marriages are a success, in reality?
After all, how many husbands and wives put each other first, act unselfishly,
Realizing that’s the only way a marriage succeeds; and preserves the family?

If the wife is a nag, and the husband’s always away — at work or out with the boys —
Then that’s a marriage heading for disaster, 'cause such, a relationship destroys.
If either partner is domineering, possessive, obstructive, or sulky too,
Then someone’s living with misery, and greener pastures will probably pursue.

If the wife withholds sex without good reason, or if the husband is more into lust,
Then that husband may soon commit adultery, and the wife’s love change to disgust.
If either partner lets themselves go, or has a problem communicating,
Then someone’s interest will soon wane, and success and hope, someone will be frustrating.

If the wife won’t respect her husband, and the husband doesn’t show the love he should,
Then arguments, disloyalty, infidelity and divorce are the likelihood.
If either partner has unresolved baggage, won’t admit they’re at fault, nor say, “Sorry,”
Then someone will suffer most unfairly, and there will often be controversy.

And so it goes, for one’s marriage can’t afford such assaults; that injurious word or deed;
But who has the right to mistreat their partner anyway, (who might be better off freed)?
And hence why some marriages shouldn’t take place, and hence why many do not succeed,
And hence why the sound advice of others, one should seriously consider, heed.

Yes, marriage should be treated like a delicate flower, very sensitively,
For even little things can do serious damage, and leave scars permanently.
No, marriage isn’t for the uncommitted, those who’ll leave should the going get tough,
Nor for the starry-eyed, besotted by fantasy, 'cause their chances, such will snuff.

Marriage is not a playground for children, but rather, it’s a gym for the mature,
Those who don’t enter marriage lightly, nor pick their partner causally, but make sure,
Those who seek to give rather than get, but who will get if they give (undoubtedly),
'Cause what goes round comes round — and in marriage, this is very much the case, believe me.

By Lance Landall