Just Because I Said I Do

Oh the woe, for woe is me, I said, "I do" to a teacher-to-be! I tried to marry my best friend, Now strapped to him, I stand condemned. I support him with my soulless jobs, Counting beans with business snobs. He sacrificed much time, unpaid, Which I picked up and played the maid. I followed him to this world's other end To help his job search better fend. We put our future plans on hold, Which shrivel up as I grow old. Stress puts me in a place of dread As I lay sleepless in my bed While horrors dance inside my head: Will he ever get full-time work? Where will we be next fall? Tomorrow, will he get the call? Will I ever get to meet the children in my dreams? Will we ever get off this one-bedroom floor? If only he... If only... If only... And just as I begin to cry, I stop myself, and ponder why... Why endure the torture? Because I love that man of mine More than my words would dare define. And why not do the world a favor? To be the change, we must be braver Than most who seek the ladder climb Who care not but for their own time. Why not contribute to the needed suture? Why not invest in childrens' future? He could be someone's liberation As an educator of a generation.