The Sending Out

Why Marry?

It’s love

first sight,

maybe second

or a slow burn,

friendship blossoming into something more.

Then, how do I imagine

life

without this other,

under my skin

in my veins?

We journey together

to adventure, to passion.

But mostly

You are my witness

to life’s unfolding –

days, weeks, then years.

With a look, a raised brow, a mischievious smile

we remember.

A witness

to the unexpected,

and the rest of it –

even the mundane.

This makes a life –

you witness to my becoming

and I witness to yours.

This is why we marry.