10: Incomplete – Alanis Morissette
A week later, they were wed. It was a simple ceremony. All their friends attended, and it was a very casual event. They were inspired by the elopement they had been to years back. The wedding rings were the simplest part—they were gifted the same used in the said elopement. For her, the sterling silver rose ring that took the maker years to find for his doll. For him, the sterling silver band that strangely fit his finger perfectly. The ring that had been intended for the wedding was worn around the bride's neck, the Lapis lazuli gem trying desperately to catch light. She was keeping her last name, since elves didn't have need of such things, and they had already taken care of moving into the home left to them. Finally, sealed with a kiss, the married couple climbed the ladder into the airship and off they went.
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He took her to see the now-not-so sparse laden apple tree that proved to him as a child his purpose. They each ate an apple off it, and were on their way again. The sun set shortly after.
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Laying together on the sandy beach, the sun out but not to hot, they made plans for the future. He would continue his hero work, since not only did he enjoy it, but the children were still as precocious as ever. She would finish school, her final year, and come back to be a schoolteacher, as was her plan. They would both be aiding children as their life works, and enjoy every minute of it. While they made their plans, however, they didn't realise that a little detour was growing in the tissues of her belly.
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Months passed, and in such time, the package she was carrying was evident. When some would say it should have brought headaches and confusion, it couldn't. It only brought massive joy, and massive anticipation. For the people in the town who somehow came to feel like family, this 'bundle of joy' would be a good way to fondly remember those who had left so suddenly. And it only increased when they found that the happy couple wasn't expecting just one, but two tiny bundles. However, the soon to be parents found preparing for a child was more work they expected. Especially for the mother. And when time came for the children to be born, the mummy had a fleeting thought of the friends who wouldn't be able to share in this heart-warming event.
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Ever unfolding
Ever expanding
Ever adventurous
And torturous
And never done
One day I will speak freely
I'll be less afraid
And measured outside of my poems and lyrics and art
One day I will be faith-filled
I'll be trusting and spacious authentic and grounded and home
I have been running so sweaty my whole life
Urgent for a finish line
And I have been missing the rapture this whole time of being forever incomplete