THE BEAUTY OF MARRIAGE

I MUST BRAVELY SAY WE BECOME COMEDIANS SOMETIMES WHY I AMAZE MYSELF HOW PUTTING SOMEONE ELSE ABOVE MY OWN NEEDS ESPECIALLY WHEN THE LOVE OF YOUR LIFE GOES THROUGH A MACHINE WAVING GOODBYE LIKE THEY WILL NEVER SEE YOU AGAIN SUDDENLY YOU FORGET ABOUT NOT PUTTING ON DEORDORANT RUSHING GETTING HIM DRESSED MISSING YOGA OH HOW I MISS YOGA SWIMMING AND AQUA AEROBICS YOU LOOK INTO THEIR EYES AND WONDER WHAT HAPPENED TO THE STROKE YOU WERE HAVING YESTERDAY WHERES THE PAIN IN MY KNEE TODAY IN AN INSTANT IT VANISHES LIKE AN APHODISIAC PUTTING YOUR SPOUSES NEEDS BEFORE I CAN'T EXPLAIN WHERE IT COMES FROM I GUESS IT DOESN'T HAPPEN IN ALL MARRIAGES MANY TIMES I CHANT WHAT I'M I DOING DO HE KNOW I WANT CHANEL NOTHING ELSE WILL HE REMEMBER THE CARDS THE FLOWERS YOU KNOW WHAT HE ALWAYS DOES I GUESS THIS IS THE STUFF MARRIAGE IS ALL ABOUT THERE ARE DAYS PATIENCE LOOKING FOR MY GLASSES FINDING HIS FIRST OR THE GENTLE WAY WE GARDEN TOGETHER I LOVE GARDENING IT ALWAYS BRINGS THE CARDINALS CLOSER I KNOW THE CARDINALS ARE SENT FROM HEAVEN ABOVE I PANIC AT THE THOUGHT OF GETTING TO HEAVEN BEFORE HIM WHO WILL CARE FOR HIM WILL HE REMEMBER TO LET THE TOP DOWN ON THE TOILET WILL HE FOLD THE SOCKS OR JUST THROW THEM AROUND THE HOUSE THE LITTLE THINGS THAT KEEP THAT FIRE GOING THE SMALL SPATS THAT NEVER ESCALATE THE IRONY OF IT ALL IS COMICAL LYRICAL AND SAFE MARRIAGE IS A SAFE PLACE YOU GET TO SHARE EVERYTHING WITH ANOTHER SOUL THAT IN ITSELF IS A KIND OF HEAVEN ON EARTH AND WE BEGAN AGAIN MARRIAGE IS A STRANGE KARMA DID YOU MAKE THE COFFEE I THOUGHT YOU DID SINCE YOU WERE UP FUNNY RIGHT FUNNY INDEED THE BEAUTY OF MARRIAGE