On the hunt, searching for a mate, got you a list of requirements,<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Perfect height, smile, weight, hair colour, focused solely on the surface,<\/p>\n\n\n\n
In that coming of age when hormones rage, what lies beneath all but unexplored,<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cYou\u2019re cute,\u201d \u201cyou\u2019re hot\u201d, that\u2019s all that\u2019s needed, consider yourselves got,<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Here comes the fork in the road, will they stay or will they go?<\/p>\n\n\n\n
A path to a happily ever after? Or \u2018it\u2019s been fun but nothing lasts forever\u2019?<\/p>\n\n\n\n
You took \u2018em at face value, literally, didn\u2019t look beyond the layers,<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Failed to dig deeper to uncover rare and beautiful treasures,<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Maybe you\u2019ll get lucky, in the long term pieces may come together,<\/p>\n\n\n\n
While the rest crash and burn, the price of myopia before commitment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Time passes, bringing with it maturity and wisdom,<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Accumulated wins and losses, absorbed differing opinions, no teacher like experience,<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Maybe you\u2019re still hitched, good for you if this is so, maybe y\u2019all went separate, nothing is ever set in stone,<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Then there are the unattached, marching down their own path,<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Might find someone along the way, even at an advanced age,<\/p>\n\n\n\n
By which point priorities change, new boxes on that checklist,<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Values, beliefs and goals, personality and character, wasn\u2019t essential many moons earlier,<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The physical remains important, but ceased to be all-encompassing,<\/p>\n\n\n\n
At least it should have long ago, shallowness doesn\u2019t flatter the old,<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Knowledge of one\u2019s self long been achieved, your lantern for the rest of the way,<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Use it wisely, could mean a happy ending or the one that got away.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
And to they who remain tied by the bonds of matrimony, still at it when y\u2019all are old and grey,<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Still crazy for one another, perpetually in a state of first date,<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Consider yourselves fortunate, not all make it to this bit, too many call it quits even for unimportant shit,<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Naturally, they\u2019d all be knocking at your door, like you\u2019re an expert and know-it-all,<\/p>\n\n\n\n
How do y\u2019all sustain it? Let \u2018em in on your secrets,<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Perhaps the answer lies beyond what you can do for one another,<\/p>\n\n\n\n
What drew you to one another, years earlier when y\u2019all were younger,<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Perhaps it\u2019s a shared love and respect for what y\u2019all had been through, from triumphs and tragedies love blooms anew,<\/p>\n\n\n\n
And a shared anticipation for what else lies ahead before the very end, life ain\u2019t done yet,<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Go on and continue living, more adventures in the distance,<\/p>\n\n\n\n
There\u2019s daylight, still, keep filling the scrapbook with many colours.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
On the hunt, searching for a mate, got you a list of requirements, Perfect height, smile, weight, hair colour, focused solely on the surface, In that coming of age when hormones rage, what lies beneath all but unexplored, \u201cYou\u2019re cute,\u201d \u201cyou\u2019re hot\u201d, that\u2019s all that\u2019s needed, consider yourselves got, Here comes the fork in the … <\/p>\n