Stick

Theme: Anniversary. Today is my husband's and my 10th Anniversary. (SO Geeked!) Write about 'an' anniversary...any kind of anniversary... 3rd Christmas together, wedding, a wdc anniversary … perhaps a cancer free date or x years at a job.
Words to use: the year of the anniversay and what it is.
Forbidden words:All words are good because each scenario is different.
Additional parameters: At least 40 lines. Make us want to go 'awww...sniff...smile'


Stick

Ten years
since you asked me
to stick,
through the thin and thick
that makes up a life.

House fires, my PTSD,
a bankruptcy--
things full of stress
that didn't mess
with the
being stuck.

We've learned
laughter
is a warm blanket,
lasagna moments
are forestalled
by honest talk.
Having each other's back,
knowing when to give in,
choosing battles and listening
to the spaces
between the words.

Stick.
Because of a long ago
silly thing between us
that made us laugh,
the word is reflected in all parts
of our lives, our us-ness.
Engraved word inside my wedding ring,
to a wooden jewelry box you made
from black walnut logs. From
an eight foot piece of bamboo on the wall
to baskets made from drift-sticks.
We are stuck.

Ten roses this morning--
one for each year.
A wooden heart
now hanging front and center
on the tree. Typical
as love is the center
of everything vital
to us.
Hearts and minds
sticking to what we believe in,
growing our tree full
of sticks.

Down the road,
far, far down the road
beyond any future twists and turns,
muddy potholes
and flooded ditches,
beyond more grand and great-grands
we shall stick together
still,
as we bow out of this life:
buried together
'neath that ancient oak
on the hill,
the one
that looks out over
a forest of sticks.
Together we shall fuel
strong boughs
based upon the vows
we made
ten years ago today.