Artists treat marriage as a prison.
Yet is not marriage an artform?
- that everyone can shape,
rich or poor,
strong or weak,
arty or not?
But there's another narrative about marriage -
One that's seldom spoken
because it doesn't suit the spirit of the age.
A narrative of nobility,
of poetry and art form
that two people construct together,
giving to and for each other as they do.
Making something meaningful -
something with joy and memory,
something that lasts.
Marriage is worked at,
not just received.
Marriage is worked at -
not a ready-made concrete cast.
Marriage is a building
a shelter and mansion
that all may construct
work on,
strengthen,
beautify, and
indwell.
Marriage is open to all
whether clever or stupid
right or left
as a gift and artform
of university opportunity
a set of shared values
a life lived together
the longer together the deeper it becomes
and the more bautiful
even when there is discord.
A shelter for the outsider
a pillar of strength
for the community
- supremely worthwhile.
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Written on the Amiga with Protext.
Created: 20 July 2018
Last updated: 27 April 2019 added second verse about another narrative, new .end. 25 June 2020 25 June 2020 changed copyright file.
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