Love Advice

Everything dies

Including love.

But you can lengthen its lifespan

If you water and feed it

Unfortunately

Like a rare orchid

It's is hard to keep alive.

Too much water or too much fertilizer

It's a goner

Too warm or too cold

It wilts and turns brown

Too much attention

Death sentence

But ignore it

Hoping it will take care of itself...

One day you turn around

And its just gone.

How do you keep love alive

When it's always trying to fly out the window

Or go down the drain

And the s**t hits the fan

And there's not enough money

And the garbage is full

The car needs inspection

The taxes are due

And there's not enough time

To think...

About love. 

How do you keep love alive

When your partner gets fat

And selfish

And manipulative

And everything has to stop

In order to "talk about it".

And they're wanting more time

While your thinking more space

But the kids

Make it complicated.

And there's something

(Not sure what it is)

That makes you stay

For more

Because there is something

Still flickering

Hang in there

That's best advice I can give

But I give that advice to everyone

Going through heart surgery.

Reviews

[Tbear]

What oh what shall I do when I have finished reading all of your work???? You will just have to continue the pouring out of your soul :) This is good advice..take it from a woman who has been married 40 years..the weeding and gardening and tending and loving is never ending.

[Chip Murison]

Ha ha. Thanks Tbear. I've been married almost that long. 36 years. Again thanks for you review and feedback.

[Barbara Walker]

I love writing that is REAL. Roses, sunshine and laughter have there place, but too much sweetness can be sickening and I always become suspect and mumble sarcastically, "Yeah, and they lived happily ever after." The words you use are spot on, I applaud you.

[Coyote Poetry]

Honest and true words and thoughts.
"Hang in there
That's best advice I can give
But I give that advice to everyone
Going through heart surgery."
Love need constant gardening. Lovers need to be reminded often. They are the only one. Thank you for sharing the excellent poetry.
Coyote

[Gee]

A whole heap of common sense and truth, all that's missing is the greener grass...you're good Chip, very good

[Lorry]

Hanging in there is what we do best. Rarely having the time to reflect on where we are and how we got here, because as you say, the garbage always needs emptied, the something always needs mended and everything always needs paying, leaving us to juggle with marriage, kids and all the lives held in those fragile relationships, while never quite finding the time to clear one's own head of the clutter.
But still, it flickers.
Superb.