Matrimony

Twelve years of love
unyielding
being with you is
laying down my armor
being with you is
freedom
to fail or thrive or
bare my soul completely
being with you is
being known with a single glance
being with you is
basking in the first rays of summer
sitting in the ache of growth
you are earth
to my sky
the warmth of home
refuge from the chaos of the world
twelve years and counting
waking up
enveloped in your embrace
eight spent
as your husband
wouldn’t have it
any other way