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Marital math
After marriage we become two in one
And as it takes two to make a child
Soon love has to be divided between your other half and kids
and as they multiply
we tend to become a little calculative.
I was never as good at math as at science
So I quarter the dinner pie
and let my hubby tutor the kids on the pi
In married life you have to subtract negative numbers
to bring out the positive ones
to round it off as a near success
Even when your partner, is not a common denominator
Adaptation, love , respect plus fidelity is the must equation
And can solve many marital problems if you do the math.
And while the dad or tutor teaches your offshoots about square roots
you can dial the number of your parents, your very roots
As parents we rise from zero to superhero, esp since there's profit and loss in the whole package...
Do spend a significant fraction of your time expressing love to your spouse
Even if a new addition to the family can really be equivalent to a lil time thief
Yet as baby slumbers and the kids ponder upon algebraic expressions
you can find time to escape into romantic expressions.
You need to look at life from a different angle sometimes
It can be hard for me since my hubby can be so obtuse at times.
You need to develop an acute awareness of your spouse's changing moods.
This could add up to a sum of marital bliss with you ,the spouse and kids
as equivalent fractions
like the equal sides of an isosceles
but in a sort of a love triangle.
Don't any of you be mean as the percentages of divorce rise due to mod factors.
Everything you say may count in a relationship
The simplest math for best results is to give love
to increase the quotient of love in a marriage.
Published 27th Nov 2019
| Edited 29th Nov 2019
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30th Nov 2019 4:11am
Sometimes it's about the numbers and how they calculate in an individuals life. For the positive or for the negative depending on the situation.
30th Nov 2019 8:08am
Would make both an entertaining and useful tale for marrying and married couples. Never seen such a mix of mathematical metaphors in what can be summed up as a marriage guidance piece. multiplication, dividing, addition are already familiar terms about family life to me. (BTW not married or a parent myself but I grew up learning to share as one of three children.) Being a parent of several children can be a lesson in prioritizing.
12th Dec 2019 11:30am
30th Apr 2020 10:10pm
Zaynab, I am thrilled to discover your poetry! You take math and geometry and create the road to marital bliss. Truly a fabulous and endearing poem. It challenged my mind and touched my heart. As I read I found myself focusing on your metaphors to learn the wisdom of your words. I enjoyed this thoroughly.
John
John
1st May 2020 3:26pm
Hi again, I'm glad my poem inspires marital bliss and aw it's sweet you find it endearing. Thanks soo much for appreciating my effort at word art. Regards poet!
