Marriage is a candle

My nightly sojourn has been a soul-enriching project at least in the matrimonial case. I've visited many households and in many cases I've been overhearing spouses having tiffs; sometimes it is the drunken stupor that leads the couple to peg each other with abuses which they would never think of doing while sober; at times it is the monetary issues that sets in the drift between the money-is- not-important love affair; and many a times it is the third party given the name of mistresses that does the trick of spoiling the sanctity of the sacred institution of marriage. I'm not an expert on marriage and I'll never claim so but overhearing the problems of the nuptial world in its myriads of forms I couldn't help but draw the conclusion that marriage is a candle and the spouses its light and the wick. The husband with his role connecting with the outside world is the flame on the candle. While the wick or the wife is the backbone of the candle; I mean the wick having to perform the most difficult task of giving oneself totally to keep the flame or the spirit of the candle alive while the husband gives the true meaning of the candle to the world by lighting and showing itself to the world. The flame burns in all its glory and the wick finds itself being consumed to keep the flame burning. When the duo meets, they give their shadows to the world; further more wicks and flames to continue the other candles burning. But the flame should be very mindful throughout the whole flight of the journey together, it shouldn't give in to any passing wind which might snuff it off and break the ties of the wick and the flame. While the flame can get carried away by the wind to another candle, there can be other flames dying to burn on that wick. Another lesson for the flame to learn is that the wick sacrifices itself to keep the flame throughout and the flame should also understand that the moment the wick's life ends, so does the flame but of course, the flame can immediately transfer itself to a new wick as soon as the end of the old wick draws near. But even when the flame takes its spirit to burn on another wick, the old wick remains on burning till its own flame till the end of its life. Marriage is a weak affair like the wax that trickles as a result of the burning of the duo, no marriage in the world is free of the melting wax or the tiffs that make the flame waver at times. But all should understand that where there is candle with the flame burning there is bound to be melting wax. Hey! I already feel like an enlightened zombie, at least in this case.