[ Dear Marriage, This Is A Letter Of Thanks ]
[ From One Very Happily Married Man, To You ]
[ There Was Never Enough Money In The Banks ]
[ To Keep Me From Saying ( I DO ) ]

[ @ The Right Time ]
[ In The Right Place ]
[ So I’m Able To Write A Good Rhyme ]
[ Without Feeling Like A Disgrace ]

[ You Need A Licence To Get Married ]
[ But It Doesn’t Come With An Instructional Booklet ]
[ You Shouldn’t Expect To Get Carried ]
[ By Someone That You Just Met ]

[ Your Engagement May Have Been Long ]
[ Or It May Have Been A Few Days ]
[ Did The Time Make Your Bond Strong? ]
[ Did You Find That You Can Love Each Other In All Different
Kinds Of Ways? ]
[ If Something Goes Wrong ]
[ What Incentives Did You Give Your Spouse To Stay? ]

[ Do Unto Others As You Would Want ]
[ Make That Golden Rule A Mantra ]
[ Not A Taunt ]

[ When The Going Gets Tough, The Tough Does What? ]
[ They Rise & Shine ]
[ Even Though It Feels Like They’ve Been Kicked In The Gut ]
[ Always Be Kind ]
[ Never End A Compliment With A ( BUT … ) ]

[ That Added ( BUT … ) Ruins The Compliment Just By Itself ]
[ In Effect ]
[ You’re Also Saying That Whatever You’re Complimenting About
Can Be Done Better By Someone Else ]

[ Thank You Marriage For Teaching Me That Love Really Is A
Two-Way Street ]
[ Compromising Does Not Have To Happen Because You’re Weak ]
[ It Shouldn’t Leave You With The Feeling That You’ve Been Beat ]
[ Coming Together As A Couple Is What You Should Seek ]

[ In Dark Times Try To Remember The Good Feelings When You
Just Met ]
[ Aren’t Those The Good Thoughts That You Get ]

[ But Hey, Marriage & Monogamy Is Not For Everyone ]
[ That Lives ]
[ Some People Suck The Fresh Air Out Before Year One ]
[ They Take Instead Of Gives ]

[ There Are Lots Of Reasons Why So Few People Want To
Take That Huge Jump ]
[ Some People Don’t Know How To Get Out Of An Emotional Slump ]

[ Yes, Relationships Have Slumps ]
[ There’s No Such A Thing As A Smooth Road ]
[ That Doesn’t Have Some Bumps ]
[ Sometimes You Will Have To Carry The Load ]
[ While Taking Some Lumps ]

[ Marriage Can Take Your Emotions On The Ride Of Your Life ]
[ One Minute You’re Digging With A Bent Spoon ]
[ The Next Minute You’re Cutting With The Sharpest Knife ]
[ If You Are The Husband ]
[ There Will Be Times When You’ll Lean On Or Carry Your Wife ]

[ Marriage & All That Comes With It Can ]
[ Make You Into A Better & More Complete Man ]

[ [ Like The Grains Of Sand That Runs Through The Hourglass ]
[ Your Life Can Go By You Really Fast ]
[ Just Don’t Let The One That’s Meant To Be ]
[ Go Past ]

[ So Guess Which Way I Lean When It Comes To Marriage As
A Whole ]
[ I Whole Heartedly Believe In It Right Down To My Soul ]
[ That’s How This Square Peg Fits In A Round Hole ]

~ Ka hopena ~

[  Mahalo iā ‘oe  ]
[  A hui hou mākou  ]
[  Aloha  ] ‎ 
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[  Na  ]
[  Lopaka DeVoe ]