43 Years

 

I'm soooo lucky.

Denise and I have been happily

married for 43.

It doesn't seem that long to me.

And yes, it really has been 43

Amazing years together.

The secret is quite simple

And obvious as a dimple

On a happy, smiley face.

We play.

And play

And play.

Yes, there is work to be done.

That we won't deny.

We get confused.

Our feelings get bruised.

We are very human.

She is part of me.

Whatever I do to her

I do to me

Because she

Is a part of the self

That makes us we.

We are not the same.

We differ in points of view.

We complete the me and you

Into a workable we.

I love that she said yes to me.

43 years ago.

43 now. Maybe 43 to go.