Against the Wind

When two people so choose To join as one The primary requirement is Decide to love the beloved. Then, as happens in love Two become one in all things Exclusive, self giving especially sexually. And in so doing The love grows in togetherness Open to children, raising them A reward of their uniting. But what now if the love fails? Turns one sided and falters? And the critical departure is decided? To look for someone else? And if it happens that the search ends Upon someone willing and able. To meet the need of the orher. And join in erotic bliss? The happiness newly found thrills Brings warmth and excitement Sends the heart a racing Mind awhirl, body aquiver. Deeper, wider, bolder, reckless Necessity drives further coupling. Drawn by the need for happiness. Affirmation, complimentarity, libidinous. But this new joining is filled with tension Since the love struggles to grow. And growing is strained. For living together is amiss. So the need to be closer To grow together and love deeper And go on up to the next level. Of uniting even with childbirth. The missing component is the limit Of a love so good, so true Bound to the beloved Struggling to grow with the other. A critical juncture is met To continue with the limited but true Or let go and return to the old Loveless, drab, lonesome. However, to let go is to die And is not the way to go It is far better to live with the limits Than to die in the unlimited prison Of knowing one could have loved deeply But did not. Inner Whispers