'Tackling Loves Test' Poem by Linda Winchell

Some seem to tip toe… through life’s relationships
Only… to end up stubbing their toes.
But as it might be… for most of us
That is how… for some the story goes.

Trips and falls…then leaps and bounds
Searching for ones true love… some never found.
Soul mates…in what seems a soulless world
Trying as one might…giving that love thing a whirl.

If never taught… the true meaning of which
Parents omitting what they should gladly submit.
It’s then hard to find… what you’ve never known
Parents lacking loves skills…while you’d grown.

Tackling the quest for true love on your own
Wishing that our parents…maybe had shown.
No wonder we’ve felt …the pain of loves defeat
In marriages crumbling…and divorce numbers
Now… at its peak.

If we had it all… to do over again
Would we still make mistakes…in love to spend?
Our hopes are that we will turn things around
And promise to the next generation…true love to be found.

By: Linda Winchell
Copyright: 2009