Custom loss function for VGAE

I am trying to minimize a custom loss function for a Variational Graph Auto-Encoder. However, my custom loss function is not decreasing, and I am not sure why. Any help is appreciated. Thanks in advance!!!

def network_stat(adj):
  # Given a adjacency matrix, calculate graph statistics
  # (holderA) Num of edges and (holderB) Num of two-stars
  n = adj.shape[0]
  holderA = torch.tensor([0],dtype=torch.float32)
  holderB = torch.tensor([0],dtype=torch.float32)
  for i in range(n):
    for j in range(n):
      if i < j:
        holderA = holderA + adj[i,j]
        for k in range(n):
          if i < j and j < k:
            holderB = holderB + (adj[i,k] * adj[j,k])
  holder = torch.cat((holderA, holderB), dim=0)
  return(holder)

class GVAE(nn.Module):
    def __init__(self, feature_size):
        super(GVAE, self).__init__()

        self.encoder_embedding_size = 32
        self.latent_size = 5

        self.encode_conv1 = GCNConv(feature_size, 2 * self.encoder_embedding_size) 
        self.encode_conv2 = GCNConv(2 * self.encoder_embedding_size, 2 * self.encoder_embedding_size)

        self.conv_mean = GCNConv(2 * self.encoder_embedding_size, self.latent_size)
        self.conv_logstd = GCNConv(2 * self.encoder_embedding_size, self.latent_size)

    def reparameterize(self, mu, logstd):
        noise = torch.randn(NUM_NODE, self.latent_size)
        output = mu + torch.exp(logstd) * noise
        return output

    def encode(self, x, edge_index):
        x = self.encode_conv1(x, edge_index).tanh()
        x = self.encode_conv2(x, edge_index).tanh()
        mu = self.conv_mean(x, edge_index).tanh()
        logstd = self.conv_logstd(x, edge_index).tanh()
        return mu, logstd

    def decode(self, Z):
        return torch.sigmoid(torch.matmul(Z,Z.t()))

    def forward(self, x, edge_index):
        mu, logstd = self.encode(x, edge_index)
        Z = self.reparameterize(mu, logstd)
        A_pred = self.decode(Z)
        return A_pred

def loss_function(A_pred):
    # GOAL: generated graph has 15 edges and 10 two-star from the above network_stat(adj) function
    g_exp = network_stat(torch.round(A_pred)) 
    loss = torch.sum( (g_exp - torch.tensor([15,10],dtype=torch.float32))**2  )
    return loss

model = GVAE(feature_size=NUM_NODE)
optimizer = torch.optim.Adam(model.parameters(), lr=0.000001)

for min_epoch in range(10000):
    A_pred = model(node_feature, edge_list) 
    loss = loss_function(A_pred)
    loss.backward()
    optimizer.step()  
    optimizer.zero_grad()