'the break-up'

before the fireworks officially kicked off this fourth of july
matt and i spent a day at the movies
'x-men'
'the break-up'
the afternoon was hot and the theatres were cool
so we made it a double header
'x-men' left me neither here nor there
but 'the break-up' more than met expectations

the movie essentially dramatizes the inevitable encounters
experienced when inhabiting a space with the person you love
the question that elicits an argument
the gesture that conjures a storm

relationships are difficult

relationships being different from dating
or friends with benefits
or some sort of agreed upon partnership of convenience
when you live together everything changes
when you live together for the first times in your lifetimes
it can feel like THE WHOLE WORLD changes

i believed with every fiber of my being that
we were meant to walk two by two on this earth
that life was not meant to be spent alone
but with great opportunity
comes great responsibility
and every blessing has its price

happiness is a difficult thing to quantify
i'm happy to be with matt
over the moon in fact
i gather that a majority of the time
he feels the same way towards me
none of this is anyone's business but ours
but what i'm getting at isn't a secret only experienced by us

relationships are difficult

make it work
if you can
get past the disagreements
the roadblocks
and make it work
for yourself
as much as for them

two by two
on this earth
two by two