What it really takes!

Lovers believe its the final stage
People say its the union of two humans
Elders tell me its the joining of two families
But why doesnt anybody say there is more than that!

Why dont they say there's a promise
To love the other more than yourself
Why dont they tell me there's a commitment
To live with each other through thick and thin

Why dont they say there's a need
To care and share, to give more than you get
Why dont they tell me there's a responsibility
To pass on traditions and values to the generation next

O! Why dont they tell me its a new beginning
That "my" past is erased and filled with "ours"
That "our" future becomes "my" future
And That "I' become non-existent, there's only "we"

Why dont they say that marriage is
Not the final but the very first stage
Not the union of two families but the union of many lives
Not the union of two humans but the union of two souls

Why dont they tell me that
Its a painful blessing from the heart
That I wont know what it really takes
Until "death do us apart"!