Twenty-Five

The stunning truth of

twenty-five years of 

marriage 

We are not the happiest

We are not the best

We are weary

But we made it

We are companions

Nerds in arms

Matched through abandonment

Our psyches intertwined

There can be no others

For who else would tolerate us

Our quirks

Our eccentricities

It may take courage to walk away from a marriage

But it takes spunk and grit, 

audacity and tenacity, 

heroism and determination, endurance and fortitude, 

spirit, nerve, backbone, guts and pluck to stay

To raise children

To launch them

To share what is good in us

And place it in the future

We've ventured forth

Reached twenty-five years

We've stubbed our toes

Tripped and fallen

But we've relished, savored, delighted and enjoyed.

And then he said to his wife let me take you to the Autry.

And then she said to her husband I'd love to go.

And that's how it's done. 

©kcasady