Obviously its a bit contrived, but egos are fragile right now, and it might be a way forward.
I neglected to opine about the poem. If your W has gone for that sort of thing in the past, you might try it. Me, I would write something like the same sentiments in prose--rhyme and meter tend to get in the way when we're trying to be perfectly open with our feelings.
The way it reads now sounds like, "I married you because I love you and I love you because we have beautiful children." Which is of course utter nonsense, since you were married before the children.
