“After all these years, I see that I was mistaken about Eve in the beginning; it is better to live outside the Garden with her than inside it without her.” – Mark Twain
Our marriage is like a shelter.
Our marriage is as Don Quixote heaped with scorn.
Our marriage is like a great man o’ war with sails unfurled.
Our marriage is as “Allegri Miserere” performed at 3:00 A.M.
Our marriage is abstract before concept, a dismissed preposition, built upon an article of fact.
Our marriage is like a shelter. Our marriage is like a shelter.
There is a falling angel with eyes like glass, bringing fire for our journey to the world we cast. For we float on many waters of times to come, and we search each other’s motives with an iron rung. For we are one, under this shelter, we are one.
I wake, eyes wide, from smoky dreams, of tattered wings falling from beams. I wake in morning of the year’s just past, I harbor that vision of yesterday, dwelling my eyes, upwards while kneeling as to pray. What there does fall, and consume rare air, fall at fifteen past two before the altar stair. Just the years before, before my words “I shall”. How it warmed my face with a bit of touch, then brushed right past me to a bridal veil.
Those years before, when I looked up high in a sanctuary and saw no sky. Imperceptible in quiet, below, rafters’ brown in tongue and groove, flew a rarer angel who with burning glass eyes flew. Came a lustrous fire upon the gentle head, swaying to my side, such a beautiful head. In all those words strung by to and fro, a lighter rhyme off our tongues they flow. Written by earth bound hands and spoke with ease, now they mark my soul a façade I see. Now in this morning of the years just past. Something in those rafters reaching so fast.
For it seems the years before brought something new. Not the voices inside, the ones I always knew. But a visual aspiration, from a king’s held cup. A curse or a blessing, but it is always enough. A premonition that would lose its way floating through the years of marriage until it was almost decayed. Once or twice to rise, when forgotten enough, just a kind reminder, of the host with wings above. To speak clear words in the dust and binge, when the modern worlds about us, and we cannot remember why or when. The shelter of sorrow, with hands held close, our entwined fingers tighter than if they were sewn. And if I look just up above, toward the ethereal of heaven, where most see a dove. For I see a raven with fire in its beak headed towards kingdoms for those we yet seek. What comes to me just as that first day, when I said, “I shall”, and two in one we came away.
There is a falling angel with eyes like glass, bringing fire for our journey to the world we cast. For we float on many waters of times to come, and we search each other’s motives with an iron rung. For we are one, under this shelter, we are one.
Our marriage is like a shelter. Our marriage is like a shelter.
For Susan who has put up with me for 26 years under the glassy eyes of the angel. – 03.13.2019 – דָנִיֵּאל
This is beautiful and amazing Daniel. Blessings to you and your beautiful wife. ❤
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Thank you Jane. I appreciate your kind compliment.
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YW! 🙂
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Well done mate, you have my lady and I holding hands after reading this.
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Thank you Shaun, now that is the goal. 🙂 Well done mate! 😉
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You inspired me Daniel. 😉
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Great ode to marriage Daniel, your beginning stanza especially a great knockout of words. Well done.
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Thank you very much Scott. I appreciate your kind compliment. The beginning stanza might be continued on one of these days. At least I’m thinking about it.
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I would encourage you to continue it on Daniel. Like your words on “Marriage” it can be an everlasting tribute…
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Daniel “Marriage is incredible, your words have a flow that paints your relationship through the years as one that is tougher than nails with all that has come against the two of you . The key you have stood locked hand in hand as one. Thank you. A ❤
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Hi Abigail, Thank you very much as always I think you caught the meaning of it all. My lady is beautiful tough woman, I am blessed to have her.
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Your welcome Daniel, you are blessed to have someone in your life who is all of the wonderful things you mention. Wishing you both a blessed weekend.
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You penned a good one here Daniel, you. I might even take it to my wife on bended knee and say “I shall”.
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Thank you Brian for making me smile. You really should do that, and I hope she say’s “you betcha”. 😉
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“I shall” and then “we shall” see. 😉
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Dear Daniel, I read this beautiful dedication to your marriage many times. It is filled with so many great phrases. My favorite is as follows. “Our marriage is abstract before concept, a dismissed preposition, built upon an article of fact.” It is filled with many layers of meaning, all wonderful. ❤ ❤ ❤
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Thank you Heather. I appreciate your kind words, and always I thank you for reading.
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Always welcome! 🙂
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❤ this for so many reasons. Your words are masterful.
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Thank you Quen, I appreciate very much your kind compliment.
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Dearest Daniel,
It seems the longest time since I have commented. Unfortunately I have been terribly ill over the past month. (it happens to us when we are aged) Still I had to raise myself up to comment on this beautiful sonnet. The words touched me as I thought back upon the dear and sometimes tearful years I had with my own Edward.There was also laughter as well. I miss him so many times even now. Thank you for this lovely memory. ❤ Ruby
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Hi Ruby, Thank you for your comment and your kind compliment. I was saddened to hear that you have been ill. Hopefully you are filling much better now. Thank you also for sharing on your own marriage. Edward sounds as if he was wonderful. It is I who thank you for sharing your story.
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Dear Daniel, I have been feeling much better, thank you. Edward was a wonderful man, we were married for forty-nine years.
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“Marriage” was amazing work Daniel. I loved the way it started. How wonderful to share a shelter with someone so special.
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Thank you Lauren for your comment. I am happy you liked this. It is wonderful to share a shelter with someone special.
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Your welcome, I too have been so fortunate to share my life with the most wonderful person.
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Daniel, this post sings, it comes off the page of my laptop alive, and tells of the wonders of relationships strong enough to withstand great storms. Bonds that form shelter. Truly one of your best contributions to date.
Wang
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Hi Wang, So happy you liked this. I agree it is the storms that build the bonds. As always I appreciate you reading and commenting.
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Indeed my friend, strong storms can lead to even stronger bonds, if one’s perspective is right. Have a great weekend Daniel.
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Daniel I love this for all it said, and I love it more for what was left unsaid, but intimated. You moved me with the first few lines. They were classic. How blessed you are to have such a mate in life. ❤
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Thank you Erin. I love to write to the things unsaid, that is where the truth always hangs out at. 😉
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I consider the mystery of GD unsaid, it just is, and the truth is in that mystery. You are in good company. 🙂
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Powerful writing my friend. A new favorite for me. Thank you.
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Thank you Steve. I am humbled you find this a new favorite. Have a great week ahead my friend.
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u are welcome. 🙂
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Well written Daniel, your words like your nuptials are strong and meaningful. I enjoyed your post very much.
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Thank you King. Happy you enjoyed this post. Thank you as always for reading and commenting on my work.
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your welcome Daniel. My pleasure to do so.
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Daniel, this is a precious piece, and as others have said, one I consider your finest to date. Your opening words are a fine salvo to the strength of your marriage. Well done.
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Thank you Lynette. I am happy you found this piece to be one of my better writings. I am grateful for your comment.
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I always appreciate your style and insightful form of writing Daniel. This piece was especially near to my heart.
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Your post is a great tribute to marriage. Well done Daniel, enjoyed your words immensely.
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Hi Darrin, Happy you liked this post. We probably need many more tributes to marriage. 😉
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Many, many more would not hurt. Your welcome, always a pleasure to read your work.
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My brother, there are so many good and thoughtful parts to this piece on marriage. Your post in my mind is a metaphor for Hashem’s relationship with us. So very powerful and enduring. You have touched me greatly with this piece. Shalom and blessings to your wife and yourself my friend. Den
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Hi brother. I agree with you, I think of it like the Song of Songs. Very much like our relationship with Hashem. Grateful for your insight my friend. shavua tov Daniel
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May it all be so brother. A great promise and relationship that never ends. Shalom, Den
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Beautiful, Daniel! I have the same experience with my partner. We are blessed!
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We are blessed my friend. I am happy you shared that with me. Thank you. 🙂
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Yes, blessed! 😀
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Daniel, this is an amazing statement of love. Thank you, for sharing it with all of us.
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Thank you Bill. I am happy for your insight into my post. Wishing you a great week ahead my friend.
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I am late in responding my young friend. Hopefully your weekend was full of happiness and enjoyment with your family. Bill
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This was beautiful.
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Thank you Raquel, happy you liked it.
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Your welcome Daniel. 🙂
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Well done once again my friend. My best to you and your beautiful wife.
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Hi Ryan, we will take your best. 😉 Thank you, I am happy you liked this.
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I tried to remember if I was speaking to best behavior or wishes. 😉 Of course best wishes won out. 🙂
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This is a treasure of a piece Daniel. Shelter with someone special, what a wonderful blessing to have in your life. Loved this post. ❤
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Thank you Delilah for your wonderful comment. I agree it is the most special blessing.
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Loved this!
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Thank you Raine. I am happy you liked this.
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🙂 Your welcome.
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It is nice to see post like this on WP. The drumbeat of broken stories is a bit much sometimes. Very nice to read a good positive marriage post. Thank you.
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You have a good way with words, I particularly liked the following phrase, “The shelter of sorrow, with hands held close, our entwined fingers tighter than if they were sewn. ” The imagery was powerful.
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Your writing is beautiful.
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❤ this fascinating journey you write so well about. Congratulations to both your wife and yourself.
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Thank you Della.
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This is the kind of woman whom I would like to spend the lonely evenings together till we wrink
https://lovmyselfs.wordpress.com/2019/03/29/my-future-wife-be-like/
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I hope this kind of woman happens for you my friend. They are out there. I’m married to one. 😉
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You did. That’s really awesome, I thought girls like her exists only in dreams.
You gave a little hope.
Thanks, and please do follow my blog for more stuff like this.
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Another beautiful piece! Welldone, Daniel!
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Thank you for your kind comment. I am happy that you liked this post.
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Such powerful writing! Great post
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Thank you. Antonia.
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