A Love Poem

I haven't written a poem in a very long time. Probably when I was a sophomore or junior in college--shortly after this poem I found today. I’ll give you a glimpse at the first part... realizing that 19 year old gal was waaaaay head over heels, and the last couple verses are a little too star-crossed!

I wrote this about 4 months after I met my husband, 3 months after our first date, 2 months after we became "exclusive", a couple weeks after he said, "I love you." That was nearly 23 years ago. We celebrated our 19th anniversary this past January, and I can honestly say, I am more in love with him now than I ever was.

And no, I am not goo-goo-ga-ga like this poem might suggest...but I am grounded in a deeper love, a more secure love, a less needy love. We really have grown up from silly kids to pretty decent adults, I must say. There were times when he held tight to a marriage I was unsure of, and there were times when I fought for the marriage that he wasn't so certain about. We've been through the valley together, and apart.

I wonder if I knew what we would go through when I wrote this poem, would I still have delve so deeply in love with him? I wonder if I had read this poem in the darkest moments of our marriage, would I have grown to love him deeper, more quickly ?

Maybe.

Because, if there is one thing I can point to that keeps this marriage growing, is love. LOVE. A pivotal choice, several pivotal choices, actually

Sometimes we don’t see things the same, sometimes we drive eachother crazy...but, we are still those college sweethearts deep down inside, and that root will not let go.