Built to Last
How do we know
we’re in love
Is it a deep longing
a strong knowing
a profound mutual respect
Or could it be
that we
spent so much time
learning what love isn’t
When that doesn’t show up
we are relieved
by peace
let our defenses slip
and trip
into something
we never want to release
I think
single file
our experiences
with love and anti-love
march down the aisle
and before we know it
twenty years of
a lifetime commitment
has passed
We no longer have to ask
we just know
we built us to last
© LTM 4/26/16