I chose to bathe in light

I made a big mistake

I didn't choose the tallest

I didn't choose the fattest

Your brothers joked on our wedding day

I've replied over and over in my head

I chose the most handsome

I chose the kindest

The smile that could illuminate a crypt

I chose the touch of a hand on my cheek

My name whispered like an incantation

I thought such love was only a cliché

A jumble of cotton candy and syrupy air

Yet you sound dreadfully convincing

When you tell me I'm so stunning

Nobody can compare

I can't imagine how others can

witness our love unchanged

Then return to their normal lives

Back to their normal loves

That don't look like you

I can't imagine how I can

live through our love unscathed

And one day, perhaps, lose it

One day, perhaps, lose you

And go back to abnormal life

Without our normal love

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My husband and I just received the photos from our wedding in September. I guess I was feeling sentimental. I hope it's not too sickly sweet. In my defense, I've had the biggest crush on the guy for the past seven years, so I can't help it. Unless he makes me angry, which I don't tend to write poems about. Anyway, here it is. A poem for my husband. How embarrassing.