Life As a Couple

They started out as a tiny spark A stream of a flame And then POW! Natural combustion They could not keep their eyes off each other And then they could not keep their hands to themselves Their friends were jealous of their cozy nest. They did everything except spoon in front of them. I lie. They spooned too. I wish I could find that, their former friends said. They were no longer needed now. They were different people twenty years later. Things that had made her cute before made her silly now. His lack of friends which she thought was endearing once upon a time was now a burden He wanted her to entertain him They ended up not speaking Not living together Pretending they did not have two burial plots together Silly considering All they had to do was take out their memories And concentrate on what had built that fire Remembering the combustion and the heat But they were sadly not that wise.