Couples Stories

Sitting in city squaresin a time of springlike airfilled with fragrant alluring pastimesour worlds mellowedconjoined in friendship so melodic One saw the seductive weaponrythat she had acquired in lifesaw the unobtrusive crossing of lithesome legstentative touch of graceful fingers on the armcoy tilts of a flippant headcasually tossed tresses unfurled  One watched itboth near and afartruly a life scholar's gourmet delight...

Driving along the highway. POP. There it goes again, you think. Sounds like a rock hitting the side of the car. That can't be good. Might ruin the finish. This car is only five or six years old. Dammit all. Nothing to do. It's just gravel or stones along the highway. Can't avoid 'em. You let it go. Let it pass from your mind.  Days later you're heading down the highway again.  POP. What the heck. You didn't see any rocks....

Do we now knowWhen passion has passedAfter unwindingOur limbs’ tangled mass? Long after the lure of the wordsTo and froThe mental gymnasticsPropelling us prone After seeing the imageIn each other’s eyesThrough a mirror of fantasyStep into life What we’ve createdBy acting it outDo we want to move forwardNow that it’s now? What do we know, andWhat more is there?But harder to ask, perhaps:Do we care?

Birds screeching, With leaves afloat Trees moving, Bees sucking the nectar, Children hanging around  And some couples enjoying the occasion,  What a pleasant view! It's so wonderful to be with the nature Where our hearts have the joy And feeling great to be born.

COUPLES Two people meet.They smile.they giggle.They flirt.They joke.They laugh.They're giddy.They are intrigued.They are infatuated.They are smitten.They dance.They touch.They hope.They dream.They fall in love. They become a couple.It's magical.It's joyful.It's beautiful, in a riding off into the sunset sort of way.The years go by.The couple gets tired.They gripe.They complain.They criticize.They argue.They hit below the...