An out-of-box anniversary

Dear readers

Hope you are doing well. 

On our wedding anniversary today,  I penned a poem..one that speaks of universal intervention in the way my husband Marshall and I met...how we had exchanged marital vows on one twenty-sixth day of this month of January over two decades ago, without ever having met in person. The first time we met in person, we married each other in Assam, India. There were two rituals then, a registration marriage and an Arya Samaj wedding where my Ma "gave me away". So, we often say that we got married three times...to the same person :) Marsh travelled across the world to marry me without a doubt in his mind, reassuring me through my many insecurities that our meeting will be a natural extension of our virtual friendship. after our first conversation online, he penned his feelings and thoughts about me and described me in a way only someone who knew me forever would! This transnational, interracial, intercultural union...one could say, was the biggest risk anyone could take...especially because we had not met in person. We would not trade this journey for anything or anyone else...the good, the bad, the ugly, all included. We face our own demons, honour our sense of integrity, share our strengths, lift each other up, support each other unconditionally through thick and thin, understand the weaknesses and frailties of being human, and we continue. We are both teachers and students to each other. For me, this journey continually enables me to understand my many blessings and helps me come home to my inner self, my inner child...the essential, ultimate, eternal truth. I am grateful for my family, my soul family, my soul friends and my loving in- laws (with their wicked sense of humour) who hold me and my loved ones in such high esteem...a woman could not have asked for a more chill group of people in her life :) I am thankful. We are thankful.

My poetry posted below...

Much love, warmth and appreciation 

Mimi/Rukmini

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Years ago
never having seen
nor met 
each other
we had exchanged vows
on this day
in the ether

invisible bonds
strong at its core
a certain knowingness
from only a few months
of friendship
virtually defined

in the air

a coming together
a surety,
designed, intervened
by unseen, intangible forces
across cultures
and spaces
impossibilities 
and conventions
we united as strangers 

as partners on a path
choosing and recognizing
freely and flowingly
an unknown familiarity
comprehensible,
unexplainable
 
today's date

brings with it
reflections
on a union
that time and again
brings us  
home
to the innermost self ;

for the purpose

and pursuit
of knowing another
is to find oneself

         

          through chaos 
          and turmoil

love and hope
this mix of
swirling thoughts
often opposing
doubtful yet sure
facing demons
waging battles
alone and together

beautiful, ugly

mundane and special 

intertwined completely
 
a rare sense
this time
repeatedly brings

reassuring and timeless

trustful amid frailties

where breaking points
solidify and consolidate
an unbreakable trust   

and lovingness
allowing for acknowledgment
for all that is
what could have been
perhaps what will be
of possibilities and potential

and thankfulness

for a gift given

by the universe
in its ever knowing perfection

 

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