To Save A Marriage Poem by RIC BASTASA

you do not
you must not
expect
that to save a marriage
i must lose myself

here i am on this journey
trying to trace the footsteps
of my old self

i am moving forward
to knowing what to keep and what to throw away

if at night you are no
longer on my side
then i might as well talk to myself
love myself more
and survive
the tests of life

alone in this contest
i take the hurdles
at the end you may think that
i could be the winner

no dice
if we lose sight of this common destination
we both
lose.