Lost In A Book

"Happiness is getting lost in a good book"

I became a stranger in a new land... Fell in love with a strange man... Found that love could grow in truth... Because heart was what counted not language or group...
And we married against the odds... Had a life to be envied... He gave me the light of our lives, Nur al-Hayah... With her I found a mother in me...
I found how much closer a husband and wife can be... I saw that age mattered nothing... That time would stop still... Before this love across borders, worlds and years....

Book: The Map of Love
Author: Ahdaf Soueif

For Better or Worse?

Sweet words from sweeter lips
No longer suffice,
The ice is growing
Unchecked and wild,
The distance that was physical
Has now turned to the heart,
The joys they shared
Are harder apart,
The freedom both knew
Is striving to let loose,
Chafing at imaginary bounds
Still two weighty rings sits sound,
A marriage on verge of break
What happened to "for better or worse", fate?