Inspiration

Nothing can bring out a poem faster than being inspired by the one you love. Nothing can be more inspirational than when he (or she) shows his support of you and your passion during a trying election process, celebrates with you when sweet victory is announced at 8PM Pacific time, and remains by your side, katana in hand, when the struggle continues. Your muse is never more present when he is comforting you when you feel hurt and abused by a friend, except perhaps in that precious hour you steal for yourselves when the baby is napping.

I will be posting 3 poems on the theme of love. It is a subject very much on my mind of late, and not just because of the wonderful man that I am so lucky to call my husband. Love is the only reason to marry, or it should be. The institution of marriage is threatened by those who take for granted the privilege and marry for money, position, power, or some other reason. When marriage is little more than a business arrangement, it is abused. But it will survive as long there are more of us who marry for love and nothing else. It is a sad time we live in, when some who wish to marry for love are prevented from doing so. Marriage may be wounded, but in time it can be healed.