Those lovers, young, may think they know, <br />But they won't know the score, <br />Until they're married twenty years, <br />And then they add some more. <br /> <br />Some lovers must experiment <br />On ways that 'sex is best; ' <br />But practicing eroticism <br />Doesn't meet the test. <br /> <br />The thing they need to learn is that <br />Good sex is tied to love; <br />And love is the ingredient <br />There is too little of. <br /> <br />With love they'd learn the meaning of <br />The many ways to give, <br />The many ways successful lovers <br />Learn to love and live. <br /> <br />Some lovers suffer setbacks when, <br />In early years, they learn <br />They don't experience true pleasure, <br />Just because they yearn. <br /> <br />They've got to work for each success, <br />For each good year; and then <br />They'll put it all together, <br />So that each will comprehend. <br /> <br />The ways they understand are those <br />True lovers learn with tears: <br />That bodies, hearts, and minds.... and sex.... <br />Mature throughout the years. <br /> <br />So, cling together lovers, young, <br />But learn this lesson, true: <br />Be true to each.... your love will grow.... <br />And sanctify the two. <br /> <br /> <br />(Written shortly after my 24th wedding anniversary in May 1975, Geneva, Switzerland)<br /><br />Frank V. Gardner<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/sanctification-of-love/
