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.
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