I just called to thank you for the memories
And ask you where you think it went astray
Were we in some chauvinistic turmoil
Were the shots are called and I always got my way?
We brought together both our family models
Threw them in the melting pot, said that should work
But although we tried so hard, good results right at the start
It didn’t seem to last out very far
I think we traded in romance for a quick start family chance
Didn’t spend the time exploring - ‘work together’
The roles were set; you clean; I get
Till death; divorce will part for worst or better
You ran a tidy home, cared for kids until full grown
To the outside world a dutifully wife
But the die had long been cast
This sham just will not last; the vow will not withstand ‘until we die’
Without romance there is naught
We had lost original thought
And were playing out
The remnants of a truce
I do not apportion blame
If asked to do the same
A second time around
Would play it different
We would need more time for us
Explore the minuses and the plus
The kids can wait another day
Another time
Marriages are not built on kids
They come later without rush
And are second to a blushing bride
I think we realized
Much later and surmised
That we had to go back
Do ‘romance’ again
And although we tried so hard
It just kept falling all apart
We just didn’t know how to get it all together
But hey
There was some fun along the way
This wasn’t all despair; dismay
We had some laughs and kicked our heels a time or two
But in the final call
We thought family did it all
And didn’t put enough of you and me
To have a firm, strong base
We have to build it face to face
And let the rest just fall all into line
Could we do it all again
Who knows where
Or who knows when?
But if lessons have been learnt this time around
Then maybe it would work
With more effort and less shirk
And this would be let’s swim and not let’s drown
davo
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