How Swiftly Marriage Turns to Simple Fact
How swiftly marriage turns to simple fact!
All the nascent strangeness fades
away.
Passion is routine and pleasure
plain,
Perhaps because assured. The peaceful
kingdom
Yearns for what it has, and life goes
on.
The love that brought you here survives
intact,
Home-within-a-home where you can
stay
In harmony with what you cannot
name,
Resplendent as the moment you
left Eden,
Destined for the wind but not
alone.
Copyright by Nicholas Gordon. Free for personal or non-commercial use.
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