we were married before we met

we were married before we met

we were married before we met

how could I forget

such a simple fact

glowing in every cell

of my body?

we were married before we met

how foolish now to regret

all those years at sea

on seperate tethered rafts

bamboo logs creaking

and the setting sun

bleeding hazy reflections.

we were married before we met

before water learned to be wet

before God nudged the cauldron

of this universe off our kitchen table

before that before and all befores before it

are we.