Why

Happy married life They greeted, eyes filled with love Like mouth and tooth love Or fish ans water love Three years passed Or after a kid They become the sun And the moon Why........ Why........ What makes it gone While it supposed to maintain This write is asking a question that I myself can't answered, I have tried a lot of times, but all my answers were not tangible, since marriage is for better and for worse. I know you are here for me to answer this. Sun and moon have the same thing in common! But why is it that they can't become ONE, please why did love vanished between two lovers after they had married.

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Mary Rotman

Date: 8/13/2015 9:00:00 PM

This poem really makes me think. I don't think love ends after a child, it just transforms. We often confuse passion with love. And when women become mothers, every hormone in her body is telling her she is a mother first. The journey of raising a child and learning to see each other as parents is beautiful, though not pretty.

Kp Nunez

Date: 8/8/2015 9:08:00 AM

I think you know all the answers now my friend so I'll say you have honorable thoughts for penning this write. hugs

Bl Devnath

Date: 8/7/2015 12:52:00 PM

Hello, my lovely friend i have read your poem and your question. Please read my Monoku " when selfishness enters" and my poem "i love you". In the next poem i wrote that love is like sky requires no pillar to stand means go ahead on and on never ends. Probably a touch of answer may be there. Loved always, bl

Neva Romaine

Date: 8/6/2015 10:53:00 AM

Hey Afolabi, this is a deeply haunting question. On a personal note-my husband and I were best friends before we married (several years later). As friends, we supported each other through many trials and tribulations. Once married, we had a different set of issues, disagreements and problems; but we always remembered that we were friends first and could talk about anything. So we would put our marriage on the shelf and sit together as friends until we worked things out. Be Blessed, Neva

Robert Lindley

Date: 8/5/2015 8:54:00 PM

Great question, Great poem my friend. Love is like the ocean its as varied as are the fish there. People fall in love but sadly they have the capacity to later fall right back out of love. Yet with truest love , only death can break that bond... I am thus blessed now. A gift from God in my mind. A7

Shadow Hamilton

Date: 8/5/2015 4:57:00 PM

love needs nurturing too often every day life gets in the way and people forget what is precious so it fades A.M great pen and comparisons hugs 7

Cecilia Macfarlane

Date: 8/5/2015 4:27:00 PM

There is a song called "Like I'm going To Lose You" by Meghan Trainor ft. John Legend, beautiful song that basically says, love like I'm gonna lose you, never take you for granted and hold you like I'm saying goodbye. Much wisdom in these lyrics. Hugs

Emile Pinet

Date: 8/5/2015 1:32:00 PM

Love must be true and based on mutual respect in order to last through life's tribulations. You are a perceptive and compassionate person. Emile.

Olive Eloisa Guillermo - Fraser

Date: 8/5/2015 2:11:00 AM

Afolabi, for love to last efforts and self-less we must be! nice one!~Olive Eloisa =')

Nette Onclaud

Date: 8/4/2015 11:37:00 PM

to nurture love daily like watering a plant may be best, afolabi... this is an endearing, inquisitive write!.. huggs

Debbie Guzzi

Date: 8/4/2015 7:47:00 PM

Youthful love is most often based in romantic fantasy, marriage is all to real you see each other warts & all and there's no way NOT to see? or to unsee? Light & Love

Eric Boddie

Date: 8/4/2015 2:31:00 PM

wow afolabi, this is so compelling....the hammer is on the head, and you are surely nailing....but I think that comfort is the reason Love appears to detour....it takes diligent work to keep Love fresh, that's the only cure....

Constance La France

Date: 8/4/2015 1:32:00 PM

AM, just saying "I Do" does not guarantee a marriage will last forever, people change, life changes and thanks for visiting my poeM, destiny

Andrea Dietrich

Date: 8/4/2015 8:39:00 AM

Is this a question based on personal history with marriage or just "in general" for why marriages fail. I like your analogies here for marriage. Remember the song. Love and marriage goes together like a horse and carriage? but 50% of the time the horse runs away from the carriage. It can be explained pretty easily, in my opinion! Passion fuels many marriages but this "chemisty" cannot stay forever. Marriage is not for the weak or spoiled. Only those who can endure hardships together!

Paul Callus

Date: 8/4/2015 8:04:00 AM

That is a hard question to answer, Afolabi. The reasons could be many, but sometimes all it needs is more dialogue; being open and sincere with one another is a good way to iron things out. ~ Wishing you all the best. // paul

Pam Deremer

Date: 8/3/2015 5:46:00 PM

Are you two friends? Sometimes people change after they get married. Have you asked her what she is feeling?