Belonging

Sleeping next to you

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In your arms
I felt a sense of belonging
that I never knew that I needed
through the years
of fights and power struggles
ups and downs
in this roller coaster of togetherness
the one thing I knew
is that I felt safe sleeping next to you

When your ego inflated
and my stubbornness
reared its ugly head
when you wouldn’t eat my cooking
and I wouldn’t talk to you
I still felt safe sleeping next to you

I think about the contract
our souls wrote up
to live within this experience together
and sometimes I wonder
how did this ever come to be?
and then I laugh at your corny jokes
and you wrap your arms around me
and that sense of belonging
surrounds me like
a warm blanket on a rainy night

Years later
I can’t figure out
if we grew up
became jaded
or just learned to…