sickness and in health?

we fall in love.
madly in love.

we call each other sweet names.
we get married. we buy a house

with a big yard, a dog appears.

he barks behind
the picket fence.

we barbeque with the neighbors.
we have two kids.

the in laws come over for the holiday
dinners.

lights go up.
lights go down.

work work work.
we're always late.
always in a rush.

we vacation at the shore, once
a year.

a week
in a motel.

time moves on.
we question if it was real love
to begin with.

others catch our eyes.

there's
grey in our

hair. we're heavier,
wiser?

maybe not.
the kids are gone.

we drink too much.
we're tired but we can't sleep.

we sleep in separate rooms.

no more dogs. the yard is overgrown
we both

get lawyers.
it was fun while it lasted.

but it's time to move on.