2.22.92
22 years ago my husband and I were married today
22 years ago we walked into our marriage with eyes wide open
Both of us travelled down that road before
Shocked that we were choosing that road again
Questioning whether we could make it work
Haven seen it not work before
Jaded somewhat by love when it fades
Not realizing that true love though it may fade
Never leaves of its own accord
But understands that sometimes there will be ups
And sometimes down
Recognises that life is complicated
Messy
Neither black nor white
That when two people love each other from their core
There is nothing that can tear them apart
Unless they are ready to be torn apart
22 years later
Paths taken totally unforeseen
From childless reckless days
When lying in bed meant being with each other
Totally
Without interruption
Without sharing
Taking for granted those moments of total and utter selfish
love
Until we were frightened by a cancer scare
And faced our mortality head on
Changing our course
Moving us down another road
Leading us to question who would speak our names when we
were called home
Who would know us on an intimate level outside of us
Shifting us from just two to three
15 years ago when we become parents of one
Taking us on an even wilder ride
Down the twilight corridors of parenthood
Hovering in the shadows
The two of us
Suddenly three
With a son we knew nothing about
With a lifestyle turned upside down and inside out
Me abandoning my career
To take on motherhood full time
My husband left scratching his head
His wife no longer just his but a mother as well
Changed from the driven business woman
To the protective mother
Abandoning her suits
To wearing mother’s boots
Rolling up her sleeves
And changing beyond recognition
Their love changing in a direction that seemed like it would
veer off course
Until a new rhythm came in
When twilight gave way to daylight
When the light came back in some 2 years later
And they could resume the love they thought they had lost
When two became three
And then the son spoke
To the mother alone
At 16 months telling her his sister was waiting to come
Waiting on a big wide airplane
Dressed in a red dress
Speaking her name as clearly as if he had heard it before
And then the two that become three became four
When 10 years ago their little girl came to join them
Balancing their family evenly
The male and the female energy en sync
Life moved along
Until it stopped
Filled with betrayal
Upheaval and regret
A partnership fell apart
A wounding entered so deep
That left them questioning what was next
They moved their family
Across the ocean to another continent
Trying to mend the broken pieces in a different land
Different language
All alone
As a family
The two that became three and then four
The energy was not right in their new place
Sending the mother into a tail spin
Because she knew the fate she was trying to escape
Had come to claim her thousands of miles away
The corporate world was calling her back
Bringing her back from across the ocean
Because the lesson she needed to learn was not yet taught
They returned to the place they left
The husband full of anger and regret
The son relieved but not wanting to hurt anyone hid his
relief
The daughter not worrying because she was happy to be back
where she was understood
Their lives taking on a different dynamic
The storm between them not quite done
But deep inside
Throughout the darkness
The flame of love had not gone out
Close to it
But not quite gone
Because at the core
They were still the couple that joined
Many years before
2.22.92
Different but the same
She says 2.22.92
He says 22.2.92
But it all still means the same
Something they have come to know
Over the 22 years
Understanding though they may have different styles
They are still a perfect pair
As perfect as a pair as they can be
22 years later still in love
A much deeper love
That has weathered many storms
And will weather many more
2.22.92 from her eyes
22.2.92 from his
Now they know
They both mean the same thing
Two that became three then four
A family of love
Growing love
Maturing love
Experienced love
Love joined for better or for worse
To my love
My husband
My man
Happy Anniversary
My everlasting twin flame
2.22.92
22.2.92
22 years ago today
We accept it all means the same
Love
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