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 — for 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 — for 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),
For what goes round comes round — and in marriage, this is very much the case, believe me.
By Lance Landall
Too Soon, Too Young
One reason why so many marriages are failing is, because they were begun far too soon,
Only to become songs that wouldn’t make the charts, for certain notes were out of sync with the tune.
Yes, too young to truly know what they wanted, though convinced that they did know — plus, love is oft blind,
And hence why when further down the track — the truth of the matter — so many couples thereby find.
At the end of the day, maturity counts for a great deal, but such takes some time to acquire,
And hence why one is far better to wait until they are much more grounded, lest it all backfire.
And hence why it's wiser to wait until those hard to control hormones have subsided somewhat,
And those unrealistic romantic notions have given way to sense — and then to tie the knot.
With every year that passes by, we can find ourselves looking at things very differently,
And in time we can wonder why we liked or did the things that we did — oft embarrassingly.
And likewise, if we have married too soon, can discover that our choice of partner wasn’t wise,
And hence how the fire that once burned in the hearts of two people gradually flickers and dies.
Too often the seeker isn’t worthy of the one they find, and are seemingly unconcerned,
Which many worthy ones who have been sought by such unsound seekers, have only much later learned.
And hence why tying the knot too soon and too young can result in much misery come divorce,
For young minds and young hearts are far less likely to pursue a much wiser and unselfish course.
By Lance Landall
