Adult-ery

It is strange how
we need such outward security
as church marriage vows – such fear!
And if love moves away,
for short or for long, what matter is it?
Adultery is simply being adult.
Be an adult and perhaps this will
also encourage the other to mature.

Although, some prefer to love
like two children endlessly playing,
perhaps even for lifetimes together.
Yet there is no contract in this.
Such people live in love not in fear.
Their contract is not on paper, it is in trust.

Is hidden in your love,
a fear about the other,
and hence a desire within yourself?
Be an adult and explore needs to be lived,
and what wants simply to be seen.
Knowing the difference between these two
is the entire art of living.

Find out what wants to live
and what needs to die.
Only then can you deeply meet others
and settle deeply into yourself.