Precaution

This is a funny little poem about communication. It kind of goes with Patrick's challenge this past Sunday. It's author was anonymous. I came across a copy of it in a book I read a few months ago. I think we sometimes think of communication as something that just happens, but it really is something that we can control and use to the benefit or destruction of our families and marriage. So here it is:

Precaution

They say a wife and husband, bit by bit

Can rear between their lives a mighty wall

So thick they cannot speak with ease through it,

Nor can they see across, it stands so tall.

Its nearness frightens them, but each alone

Is powerless to tear its bulk away;

And each, heartbroken, wishes he had known

For such a wall the magic word to say.

So let us build with master art, my dear

A bridge of faith between your life and mine--

A bridge of tenderness and very near--

A bridge of understanding, strong and fine;

Till we have built so many lovely ties,

There never will be room for walls to rise.