This is a poem I wrote about the kind of person I am




Because

Because to the depths of me, I long to love one person,
With all my heart, my soul, my mind, my body...
Because I need a forever friend to trust with the intimacies of me,
Who won't hold them against me,
Who loves me when I'm unlikable,
Who sees the small child in me, and
Who looks for the divine potential of me...
Because I need to cuddle in the warmth of the night
With someone who thanks God for me,
With someone I feel blessed to hold...
Because marriage means opportunity
To grow in love in friendship...
Because marriage is a discipline
To be added to a list of achievements...
Because marriages do not fail, people fail
When they enter into marriage
Expecting another to make them whole...
Because, knowing this,
I promise myself to take full responsibility
For my spiritual, mental and physical wholeness
I create me, I take half of the responsibility for my marriage
Together we create our marriage...
Because of this understanding
The possibilities are limitless.





Poetry by Keiko
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Written on 2013-08-25 at 06:38

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I think the possibilities *are* limitless in a good marriage. Everything you wrote does define what a good marriage can be, and what each has to bring to it. At the same time each person gives something of themselves to the marriage, which leaves them, in some ways, less that what they were. You have to be content to let the part of you go, maybe it's the selfish part, or the self-indulgent part, or maybe it's a need for solitude. Whatever it is, it is the part of marriage which is truly challenging.

A gentle, thoughtful poem, Keiko.
2013-08-27