CHEMISTRY AT WORK

 

I love her but

we're an unstable compound

liable to go off

at any minute

though sometimes we're

as smooth as glass.

I've learned to

approach cautiously

look for signs

and leave in time

even if things are

good-especially when

things are good.

That's how we are

and that's what I've

learned to do and it's

why we're still together.

I wish love could do

it all but that's not

what I'm going to get:

we're bound by love

but bonded by respect.

 

Albert Huffstickler