SAFE

Safe in the arms

of the man

who would never leave me

by choice

Happy knowing he loves me

I feel cherished

comforted

by him

4 years ago we locked lips

after taking vows

3 years ago we moved

and had a beautiful

and challenging adventure

1 year ago

we bought our first home

and dog

I am safe here

no matter how many

past disasters creep up on me

I will hold onto

my safety

my love

Because no other

man has loved me

the way he has

a devotion that only

a true man can give

-May 2011

"Marriage has in it less of beauty but more of safety, than the single life; it has more care, but less danger, it is more merry, and more sad; it is fuller of sorrows, and fuller of joys; it lies under more burdens, but it is supported by all the strengths of love and charity, and those burdens are delightful."
-Bishop Jeremy Taylor