and RMG...that to me is the true reason we stand
it would be much much easier to cut and run
and to find someone else who could tell us we are right
and
our spouses suck
and
we should just get divorced

instead we chose to stand
it is the harder path
the one that takes more fortitude and grace than we ever knew we were capable of having
it is the one that brings us to our knees
that makes us question
that burns us
and hurts like nothing else

and

when we come out the other end
we can be proud
and people can see

that we have stood for our beliefs
we have gone through fire
been compressed and worn down and come out clean
like a diamond
at the other end