Poem for the week: "The Mathematics of Love"

The Mathematics of Love

All the signs were there, but he did not

know how to read them and read them

the wrong way, but it was too much

to bear, and he had to walk away.

Seven long years they were together,

both widows with families of their own,

but it was better to be together than to

be miserable alone.

Then little by little, she began to change;

but for the sake of the relationship, he

forgave her odd behavior, and every year

that passed was worse than the last.

The mathematics of love adds up to disaster

when the mind begins to go, and all the

love in the world cannot erase the damage

that forgetting can do.