He loves me?
He loves me not?

Questions I have 
asked myself a lot 
since the day 
I said I do. 

Yes, he has a 
wandering eye,
avoids intimacy
like I am 
the blessed
Mother Mary.

Yes, he has a 
hair-trigger temper, 
can top Pinocho 
with his lies.

Our love is 
unconventional,
but I no longer
question why.

After four decades 
in the trenches,
I have learned 
to focus on 
the upside...

His devotion 
as a steadfast 
provider cannot
be denied.

Through cancer,
heart attacks, 
debilitating pain,

he works in 
extreme heat,
freezing cold,
pouring rain

to make sure 
I don't want
for anything. 

He wouldn't hesitate
to go into a burning 
building to save me,
proved it in 2014
when we lost 
everything.

Our union has  
brought to light
a universal
truth...

Acceptance of what is, 
takes very little
effort to maintain,

which frees us to 
focus our energy 
wherever we want to.

For me, 
the time many use 
dating and doting 
is spent creating 
a legacy of 
unconditional love,
and works, I pray 
will heal souls. 

Not every 
relationship
has to rule 
with passion.

Some marriages 
provide quiet 
strength 
that teaches us 
the yin and yang
of love and life.