POEM - We in Ninety-Three

It seems like this was the year

Where the blur started

When we moved around

And tried to get settled

Tried to decide

What we wanted to be

Got used to

Living together

Fending for ourselves

Being adults

Realizing

            This was our new life

            There was no

            Going home to mom’s

            Having someone else

            Do laundry

            Wash dishes

            Fix dinner

            Pay bills

We bounced back

From a brief stint

In the desolation of Utah

To our Tempe roots

And worked insignificant jobs

Made mistakes

Had arguments

Made necessary adjustments

Changed directions

And changed again

And then again

Then ended up

After a long year

Together