Poetry Friday -- Marriage 2: The Homely War

Marriage 2: The Homely WarCome, I besiege you, let us lay each other waste,contrive to breach one another's defenses,engage in combat earnestly till death draws us apart.Not, my proud beauty, for god or country,nor for honor do I brave the clash of armsto call for your surrender: for private glory only,mirrored in your eyes like smoke and flame.But sweet it is, and fitting, I should die at your