The wedding bells have rung, the honeymoon
is over, and they face reality.
The pipe is laid aside, its little tune
a relic of the old normality.
New challenges appear to each and both
at work and home, as they adjust to life
together, for as they respect their oath,
a husband must adapt as much as wife.
Their love and humour cushion when they fail;
respect prevents descent to common scorn.
The effort of a team will yet prevail,
and so a new identity is born.
A marriage made in heaven is a trial
of love and courage, but it's all worthwhile.
Author notes
A sequel to "Laughter and Love" allpoetry.com/poem/1002560
With thanks to Maatkara and Vickie J for inspiration.
Maatkara: Familiarity does not breed contempt, lack of respect does.
Written January 17th, 2005
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Excellent write!
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Thanks YYC!
Its Only Me has encouraged me to write more about these two, so I've named them Sam and Clara (at random). There are all kinds of things I can write about with characters. 
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Excellent
You have quite a following of us who love your sonnets. I especially loved the strong ending in last two lines. They have a powerful impact and seem contradictory yet bear a paradoxical aphorism.
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Vickie, thanks so much for giving me the idea. I like this couple, and I will probably write more about them.
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Yea!!!! You did it! This was equally as remarkable as the first sonnet. You hit on so many truths, I just had to laugh. You have a gifted way of putting life into words. As you can obviously tell, this was loved by everyone. vickie
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This sonnet follows the tone and mood of the previous one perfectly, taking it into the reality of living day to day. And every step is wonderful....even the steps that are difficult hold beauty because it all goes into making a marriage. Your 3rd stanza weaves it all together beautifully.
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Good catch Del! I'm going have to read "Elements of Style" again to figure out punctuation.
I suppose there is yet another sonnet to write, the inseparable/mortality stage. That will wait until I understand it.
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great wisdom
Hi Margaret,
You packed a lot of truth and wisdom into these few lines. I agree that there is always that "romantic" period, followed by the very important period of adjustment, especially to each other's "quirks". as I like to call them.
Comma alert! The one after "fail" should be a semi-colon.
Cheers,
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Thanks for your comment Chelle! Don't accept less!
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I really like this, but being only 16, its kind of hard to relate, but I still love it!!! Much love ~chelle
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Truer words never spoken, my dear. What a lovely poem, and I can certainly relate. Wonderfully written with a "knowing" feel to it. Marvelous work. Hugs, Patricia
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Marvelous!
Oh my goodness! Margaret, this is perfectly wonderful!
And such a special delight and honour to know I helped to inspire it!
Of course I love this:
"Their love and humour cushion when they fail,
respect prevents descent to common scorn."
It's such a thrill to see one's ideas alluded to in beautiful poetry. Thank you my dear friend, this made my day!
~Gennelle
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This is the important part. After the honeymoon, people stop telling you how sweet you look together, well wishes stop pouring in...it's now reality. If you can still be together and laugh at love at this point, you have a fighting chance. Great job Margaret.
~Lyrical
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