Two uniquely different individuals

Became one

His body was hers

Her body was his

His failures were hers

Her struggles were his

His gains were her’s and they melded their love into an imperishable fortress

That made the walls of Jericho envious.

Time brought upon its trials

Battering their stone barrier

Threatening the pull them apart

Undo the twine that twisted them into a single entity

Discussions transformed into grenades

Arguments evolved into napalm

And words became bullets impacting unyielding damage

Chewing away at that stone wall

Gravel sprinkled to the ground as the edges began to crumble

But it was the foundation that refused to diminish

Holding up that fortress until the present battle was won

And in the wake of their storm, they remembered

They were no longer two

But One.

 

Photograph by: Anne Edgar