Light of Some Kind

“It was so dark in my mind.
She came up to me with the sweetest face,
And she was holding a light of some kind.”
~ Ani DiFranco, Light of Some Kind

Ten years today… ten long years have passed since the day we stood together before our friends and family, before our joining people and pledged ourselves to each other with elaborate vows and more elaborate ritual. The ceremony only echoed the words we had already spoken the night before, with just those closest to us present. Through it all there were stars in my eyes, and I could not see for the dazzle. I am not sure I would have tried to do so, if the choice were mine to make. Perhaps I should have. If I had, would we be here now? I do not know. I suppose it does not matter; we are where we are. The dazzle is gone and I am left alone in the darkness.