"More Than God"

by Jeph Johnson

 

When I first met her

(actually on our first date...

for we met both drunk and sober)

I vowed never to love her

more than I loved God

(God with a capital "g").  

Loving her came naturally,

(more natural than loving God

with the capital "g")

so I decide to honor, fulfill and obey

most of her desires

but saved the big one for "that day";

the day this mysterious God

with a capital "g" would complete us

and we would graduate from "date"

and our love consummate.

But I found out fate dictates

how late God relates.

 
Author's Notes/Comments: 

for Teresa, circa 1998, 2017

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