I could never scale the length
Or the width of my love
For there is no constraint
To my feelings…
I have tied you with respect
For I want you to grow
In your own way
So you can love me more…
My string stretches
Towards where you might want to go
For I have tied you with liberty
—the only string I know
Which will lead you back to me
Everytime you wish to get away.
You’re free to fly
Free to soar the vastness of your sky
I won’t clip your wings
No matter how much I want to
For if I did, I’d then be holding you
From loving me more….
You are yourself…
Son of the earth
But with all the elemental endowments
Of a god himself
But most of all,
You are mine
And will stay mine
For fate has entwined us
For a lifetime.
I wrote this poem for my husband more than six years ago….on February 2, 2000. Quite a long way back. And certainly, there have been a lot of changes in both of us. But whatever we have gone through together, no matter the physical distance between us, our faith in the two of us has still remained. It wasn’t a smooth journey. We’ve had met a lot of roadblocks along the way. Instead of blaming each other, we choose to hold each other’s hands and plow through the obstacle together. In every marriage, a lot of music is played… well, it doesn’t really matter how well you both dance, what matters is for the both of you to dance to the same tune together. What good is being the best dancer if you and your partner can’t seem to agree at the best music to accompany your steps? In a marriage, the best tune to dance to is respect.
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