Chris Gaither

It Takes Two to Tango, but One to Commando

My wife is philosophically opposed
to my habit of justifying things,
say a bag of the really good kind of potato chips,
with the phrase:
I deserve it
 
She’s surely right when she explains that
none of us are entitled to one single crumb–
It’s all a gift freely given
 
And since God understands
how children react to gifts
He has given us all
the very same gift
 
But as I accept
the responsibility of my freedom
I’m free to wonder
what my wife might say
if I told her the truth:
I don’t deserve her
 
My best guess is that she’d reply:
Yes dear, but we deserve each other

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