The ache of marriage: <br /> <br />thigh and tongue, beloved, <br />are heavy with it, <br />it throbs in the teeth <br /> <br />We look for communion <br />and are turned away, beloved, <br />each and each <br /> <br />It is leviathan and we <br />in its belly <br />looking for joy, some joy <br />not to be known outside it <br /> <br />two by two in the ark of <br />the ache of it.<br /><br />Denise Levertov<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/the-ache-of-marriage/
