Marriage Without Romance Poem by Lawrence S. Pertillar

Marriage without romance enhanced,
Should not be considered by anyone...
Already suspicious,
True friendship to start has not begun...
To feel the depth of it begin.
And really this feeling is no different than,
A gambled risk on a belief a chance...
Companionship develops.
And in the process love grows.
Between two who realize it to witness,
Their emotions invested...
Had been worth the wait without exits to take.
This is a win by two who have won.

On the other hand,
And not produced on the use of co-incidence...
Is a knowing what is faked,
Will not create a reality anticipated.
With it known by one,
Romance to have from this is not to come.
And is for two,
A closer movement towards divorce.
Leaving no eyes close to claim,
Temporary blindness on that to blame.