By Rich De long  the_minotaur@hotmail.com
Date: 14 March 1999

Marriage in jeopardy

I screwed up
It as simple as that
I never meant for it to be this way
But it is.

A relationship about to end
A divorce about to be filed
A Wife and a Husband to be separated
A Daughter to be without.

None of this I ever wanted
But I deserve this
Failed to compromise
Succeeded to hurt

Why did I ever have 
To be the way I was
To treat without respect
To scorn your desires

I am to blame for all of this
My control restricted you
My anger hurt you, emotionally, physically
And much, much more

My issues, your issues, our issues
Caused both of us nothing but pain
Caused us to drift apart
Caused us to hurt each other

I would like to think
That there is still some small chance
Of us coming together
And working things out

I know we could
If only we would
Give a bit more effort
Both of us

If we could compromise
If we could meet our needs
If we could treat each other with respect
Then, a family, I think we could become.

Do either of us want this
Really truly, in our hearts?
Or are we afraid of
Things going back the way they were

We each know what the other wants
Me, I want to keep our marriage
You, you want a divorce
Can't we make even an attempt?

An attempt at saving something special
Something that's meant for a lifetime
Can we just let it go?
Without seeing if we can get the happiness back?

Don't we owe that much to God?
To keep what was blessed by Him?
Or do you want to break our vows to Him
And give it all up.

Our marriage is worth the effort
Even though I haven't tried
I'm going to from now on
That I can promise.

You are more important to me
To be able to just give up
I will do whatever it takes
To save this marriage.