on a couple’s love and aging

we hear much about young love.
and rightly so; there is so much
to say. that initial flurry of
love notes and longings,
presenting our best selves to our
potential partners. then a dedication,
our lives, once two, now one.
perhaps, for once, feeling
whole and feeling home. over time
that closeness ebbs and flows
as we go about our lives in
close proximity. sometimes there is a
FatalFlaw, some profound dis-
agreement that may seem
irreconcilable. some will stay
and stick it out. others may
give up and try again with
someone new. what i have found,
having loved and lost and loved
the same person is what i heard
once to be true: eventually, as two