Three Poems

I've been writing a poetry series about my imagined future husband, and yes, also about if those dreams never come to be. Here are a few of many. 

Realism

It will be different for us

than for the twenty-somethings

who met in high school or college

just as their lives were beginning to begin

clasping hands and jumping unknowingly into the world of adulthood

I wish them well

But it will be different for us

You and I

we’ll have a lot of life lived between us

There’ll be no giddy selection

of a first apartment

first couch, first blender

We will mold existing homes and lives

two becoming one

and though it may be difficult

sacrifices and compromises

we will look forward to it

so long awaited

By you and I

Footnotes

Show me your scars

they are maps            pointing to stories

Let me trace them

while you tell me all

For a good way to know someone

            is to know the pain they wear

just under the skin

       (pain can run deeper than happiness)

Let me understand              then, together

we’ll build the best foundation

Let You Lead

My favorite literary heroes

always find strength

before love

Instead of rose-colored glasses

   their gaze takes in everything

searching for truth

standing for freedom

Anyone who comes to claim their heart

   must share their resolve

They will not be won with soft words and flattery

  no

a matching spirit is required

to a win a heart so purposeful

I am no damsel in distress

I am capable, and kind

empathetic, and brave

Although I need no white knight

      You look so fine on that white horse

I will consider blushing

simply to show that in my strength, there is warmth

      should you seek it

(should you be equal to the challenge which is my heart)