They’ve given their life to you, you owe it to them, to respond,
That is, appropriately, bearing in mind, only love will bond.
As their partner, you’ve a duty, to treat them rightfully;
It’s all about sacrifice, not expecting, not about, ME.

Because you are their partner, you’re effectively their life,
Thus, you’ll fill their life with joy, or much misery and strife.
It’s very cruel and unfair, to cause them pain and despair,
When they could’ve had a partner, who would truly, for them care.

“I was wrong,” “I’m sorry,” “Please forgive me,” and, “I love you,”
Are four things to remember, and well before bedtime, too.
You’re marriage won’t be happy, or it simply will not last,
If those four things are not said, and preferably, very fast.

As an early ballad goes, “The angry words spoken in haste,
Such a waste, of two lives,” and in lives, is too often traced.
It continues, “It’s my belief, that pride is the chief cause,
In the decline, in the number of husbands and wives;” now, let’s pause.

What exactly is pride? It’s self — you don’t want to lose face,
You’re more concerned with that ME; and how often that’s the case.
You should be bigger than that, yes, marriage is for adults,
It’s hardly meant for someone, who self interest exalts.

The way you treat your partner, yes, your husband or your wife,
Not only shows the real you, but also, affects your own life.
It’s not just theirs you spoil, and it’s not just them you hurt,
Thus, I’d give self the boot; that way, heartache you’ll avert.

Each partner must bury self, otherwise, the marriage will fail,
It may not actually break, but joylessness will prevail.
It takes two to tango, as they say, and in marriage that’s so true,
But that shouldn’t stop you, from doing, what you know, you should do.

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