We are not destined to be together.
We are not lovers foretold in song.
No word of gods proclaim our union.
No golden chariots parade
Our perfect marriage across the heavens.
No promise of music ordains our kisses.
No cameras zoom to capture
Our love for iconic posters.
There is no guarantee this all works out;
No security proffered by future time.
All on offer is the prospect of work.
Of my commitment to bear the yoke.
Of your steady hand to guide the share.
As we till the ground with backbreaking labor
To plant love amongst the dirt of our lives
Until the day we die when they will say…
We were destined to be together.
Our love was foretold in song.
For the gods blessed our union
And placed our souls
Upon a shooting star.
So frenzied maestros, with our kisses as muse,
Could compose ballads
To bring hope to the world.
And of course it all worked out.
For no love was ever more certain than ours.
A. B. Clarke 