A Society in Turmoil
What is this world coming to
When husbands and wives
Had rather divorce than put
A little time and effort into
Getting along with each other?
They fight and scream and fuss
Setting terrible examples for their children
Who will one day grow up and
Repeat the sequence of destructive actions
Reinforced by the parents’ damaging examples.
What has happened to the word commitment?
Until death do us part?
To the vows to love and cherish one another?
Have tempers become so raw and uncontrollable
Man runs away from responsibilities rather than resolving them?
When will man realize he
Must be responsible for his own personal feelings.
Just as he cannot dictate to others how to feel
He must also learn to control his temper
When others think differently than he does.
Marriage is like a puzzle in many ways
Of two different personalities
Each perceiving self and mate from
A personal warehouse of experiences
That require two mature people to agree to disagree sometime.
What is the world coming to
When adults use less intelligence than misbehaving children
By making marriage a battleground?
Something is terribly wrong with our society
When adults allow emotions to rule their lives
Rather than down to earth intelligence.
© 2009 Jeanette Cooper
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