Married Musings

   For Valentine's Day, my Facebook post was a love poem I wrote in 1978,  Precious Gifts. In the spirit of, if not the depth of, that poem, I offer this new, lite version.

 

Married Musings

 

The things I may have gone without

because I married you

were things I never thought about,

or too grand to come true.

 

My childhood dream of traveling

was surpassingly fulfilled.

Jewelry, besides my wedding ring,

has never been my thrill.

 

I love the gifts you've given thus far

because your heart insists,

for a showpiece home or fancy car

weren't even on my list. 

 

You could have bought more guns and tools

I'm sure you would agree,

but joy from mere possessions cools

without a family.

 

So if, my dear, you muse about

how changed your life might be--

there's love you would have gone without

if you hadn't married me. 

2/16/25