Originally written in 2013
What do I have to do,
To make this work,
We love eachother,
But our pasts lurk.
The presence of our pasts,
Interferes with our happiness.
What we have together is strong,
Our problems shows weakness.
We want things out way,
But we don’t want to compromise.
I we don’t make changes,
It’ll be our relationship’s demise.
None of us want that.
We say this all the time,.
We may be in a rut,
But from this we can climb.
ATIBA OXLEY POETRY 