All's Not Lost

(Relationship Woes)

In the beginning you thought you had it all, steady lovin' and independence too

The ability to carry on as you please, but responsibilities you hadn't a clue

Individuals with your own thoughts and ideals, there is nothing that you couldn't weather

Then it became time to take the plunge, differing idiosyncracies now living together

Two completely different microcosms entwined and now existing as one

Without really comprehending the intricacies, a co-habitational relationship's begun

She goes out with the girls and he goes out with the boys, this thing is not too bad

We really seem to be compatible, the best either has ever had

Through thick and thin you're five years in and you've produced two more of your kind

And the baggage that should have been left behind, now co-exists in the back of your mind

Two kids, two cars and a mortgage, all this started with a loving kiss

This is not all that it is cracked-up to be, for the bliss has gone amiss

The things you used to do together, things that you thought were so sublime

Have kind of been put to the wayside, “my significant other” seemingly has no time

And you ask yourself, “was it love” or was it lust and infatuation?

'Cause there's so many days of unhappiness, dissatisfied mindfulness filled with deliberation

Cognizant of those beautiful times, the times when you anticpated each other's touch

And the torrid bouts of making love, rapture and ecstacy, that really is missed so much

What once was a-yearning and two hearts were a-burning, both of them beating as one

You wonder what's changed are thoughts re-arranged, something has to be done

It went from hot to tepid, to cold, there was respect, but really no communication

Something that once seemed so strong, is now a situation

So hard to construe and not knowing what to do, for there is no collaboration

But, we both still care and do we dare, do we go for a separation?

The problem is it takes a more than love, so much more than just the planting of seeds

For understanding, respect and communication is paramount, it is what a relationship needs

Some people were just not meant for each other, but who knew when the relationship started

Unfortunately many find out too late and become, a club-member of the broken-hearted

What you can do is see it through, open your mind and keep, an open heart

With understanding, caring and respect you'll realize, the commencement of a brand-new start

You'll just have to re-kindle the fire and never let that flame abate

And never exhaust for “all is not lost”, you must love and communicate