I'm Married Now

Small ring 

Big vow  

A quiet shift  

In the shape of now  

I walk different 

Straighter

Like the road finally  

Agreed  

To stop fighting me

There’s a softness  

In the air  

Not weakness

But a warm armor  

I didn’t know  

I could wear 

My name feels heavier

Truer

As if the world  

Finally heard it  

The way I meant it

And love  

That old wild river

Runs calmer 

Deeper

Carving a home  

Instead of a wound

I’m married now

Not trapped  

Not tamed

Just held  

In a way  

That lets me rise