Impulsive Passion and Lust When a Relationship Starts Too Fast

Image by Brigitte Werner. Pixabay License.

This poem describes how difficult it is to see the forest for the trees when lovers become deeply involved quickly with passion and lust.

When a new relationship starts too fast
With passion and lust mainly amassed.

Sensual feelings typically emerge
Before devotion and trust converge.

Love and affection might tend to lapse
And a potential relationship could collapse.

Lust alone would leave it deficient.
Mutual respect is more efficient.

A strong foundation of trust and respect
Helps get through tough times in retrospect.

Relationships involve both happiness and sorrows
And disagreements make mysterious bedfellows.

Couples need to learn to appreciate one another
And understand one’s background they discover.

Only when partners learn the other’s true feelings
They will indeed grow in a relationship that’s fulfilling.

Challenging issues may not be a preference.
That takes time and requires acceptance.

When quarrels occur, words can be heard as discontent
When all along, something completely different was meant.

Partners should be on the same side as team players.
And work on a common goal among friends and neighbors.

While values and beliefs can be conveyed,
The partnership grows, with love and affection displayed.

A bond given a chance to mature is something to relish,
Assuming both partners want the relationship to flourish.

True lovers feel they are on the same team.
And they protect one another with great self-esteem.

I made some t-shirts with several stanzas from this poem. Each linked stanza above brings you to the shirt with its poetic rhyme.

I originally wrote an educational article on this subject (What Happens When a Relationship Starts Too Fast?) and later summarized it as the poetic narrative above.