A Marriage by Michael Blumenthal

After reading this poem I immediatly knew that I liked it. It reads rather easily but sends such a strong message. It is uplifting to me, I guess, to know that someone is writing about what a marriage REALLY should be. You are alone, making your way through life and all of a sudden someone comes along and is a helping hand for you and you now get through life together. I think that if more people thought like this we would hear less about divorce!! I liked the analogy that he used with the ceiling because it does seem like it gets lower and lower and it is shutting you in as things get thougher in life, but as soon as there are another set of arms to hold it up, you can take turns. And in the end, with each other's help, the ceiling will never fall, your lives will not fall apart.