When The Fire Is Low...

When love ages

So he has made her cry for the third time in seven months. Ever notice how much bigger the bed seems when you are fighting with the man you love? All of a sudden it seems like your dreams are miles apart and it scares you a little,okay a lot, just how much of an effect he has an effect on your feelings. The coals are in a steady decline and are losing their spark quickly. A part of you wants to be so mad at him and shut him out and never ever speak to him again but after a few minutes of heavy silence you so badly want to laugh because you remember the day he carried you on his neck all the way from Woolies to the flat, the day he stuck your nailpolish up his nose just to make you smile, the many times he has had to cook for you because of dance practice and his waking up in the middle of the night to keep you company when you cannot sleep. You love him so much and wish he had not chosen the day your menstrual cycle made you crazily emotional to talk outta the side of his neck. Mind you, what he said may be a lil true BUT really now,he could not wait for next week? All of a sudden you want the space in the bed to get smaller because you do not want to go to bed angry because for all the things he gets wrong, he really is the only man who lets you see his heart and the light that is his love holds you tight and that very same light forgives you when YOU are wrong. All of a sudden being angry is such a waste of the time you could be using to walk in love and faith with your man. When the fire is low, tending to it seems like such a chore but when you know in your heart that sixty years from now you want to be wrinkly next to the same person because when the fire is burning, he makes you believe in the endless miracle that is love, then you tend to those coals with a smile. Love for me is measured in the times when the honeymoon phase takes a vacation. If your honeyboo can love you in difficult times then the abundance of love you will feel in good times will only taste sweeter. Of course this works best as a two way street so take care of yours. Mwah!