The Underside of Eighteen Years

Through paper, cotton, leather

we have gone as well as flowers,

wood, sugar, and wool, not to

mention bronze, pottery, tin,

and steel where one would think

that steel would be ten instead of tin;

but silk, lace, ivory, and crystal

lag behind china which is twenty

but none lie in between leaving one

to wonder why those four years are

not considered like the previous ones;

yet, some say porcelain for eighteen

followed by bronze with no indication

of the other two, and I wonder if

those years passed up by unobserved?

Still, eighteen is remarkable for this

second marriage as we seem to have

gotten closer, more respectful, more

tolerant of all those differences that

brought us together in the first place;

The odds of disillusionment were

beaten many years ago when we were

strolling through valleys of uncertainties

where resolution and resolve became

absolute and our two options were:

“none of the above,” and no “what if's.”

And... if time would permit, I am sure

there will be eighteen more and

perhaps a few more for good measure

as we seem to really be that which

each other really needs and even

though that may not be apparent

through all these transpired years,

it is apparent now and more than

ever before it is for us for sure.

10April2016