On Our 13th Anniversary

I thought once

that you would spelunk my soul.

Find this undiscovered country in me.

Reveil these hidden places that had once lain dormant.

 

I didn’t see how radical it is,

being married.

It’s so much bigger

than just turning a light into the dark places.

 

I am not who I would have been

if you’d never come into my life.

Sharing our lives is not an act of discovery.

We are not explorers.

 

Instead, we are inventors.

We are inventing our lives together.

We are inventing ourselves together.

You

have created

me.