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The Burden Of Marriage

Kelly Haas Shackelford

When alcohol
  strips bare
the pretense of
documents
made official
before the
eyes of God,
and I dig deep
for the courage
to stare into
the mirror of truth,
reflecting
 in your eyes.
I am not
greeted by
fires of desire
raging wild,
but the slow
controlled burn
of obligation,
razing your soul.
And I know,
I am but a
burden to bear.

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