Love Poem to My Husband

This poem below I read for the first time last night in my book You Drive Me Crazy, Love Poems for Real People. It was in the first section of Ecstasy. To me, this poem is very similar to a newlywed or any couple, starting a home together. Take a look. 


"I Want," Kim Konopka (Love Poems for Real Life)

I Want

to shove my clothes
to one side of the closet,
give you the bigger half.
Quietly I'll hide most of my shoes,                  This makes me laugh!
so you wont know I have this many.

I will
rearrange furniture to add more,
find space on my shelves
for your many books,                                      My LT had 6 boxes filled with books on our PCS move.
nail up the placard that says
poets do it, and redo it, and do it again.

I want
to share a laundry basket,
get our clothes mixed up,
wait for the yelling
when my reds run wild
into your whites
turning them a luscious pink                                     Luckily, this hasn't happened.
your favorite color of me.

I will
move my pillow
to the other side of the bed
lay yours next to mine,
your scent on the fabric
always near me,                                                        Smell is my favorite scent. It triggers memories.
even on nights you're away.                                      I like having his scent around when he is gone.

I will
buy a new bureau to hold your
thousand and one black socks                               I am sure I am not the only MilSpouse with 8000 green pairs.
find a place for all those work boots
the ones I refer to as big and ugly.                        I couldn't agree more about their boots.

I want
more pots and pans to wash,
piles of them leaning high
from late night meals
cooked naked and drunk,                           I am pretty sure this only happens on t.v.
red wine pouring into
a sauce of simmering
tomatoes, garlic and oil,
kisses bitten between bites,
and platefuls of our late hours
stacking up into dawn.

I want
to stock cupboards, closets and pantry,                        
fill the house with us.                              The house is a home when you are around.
I want to gain weight with you because our love, our loves make me fat.          

Anniversary

So today is a happy day! Finally can scratch the camera off my goal list. I cannot wait to use it both personally and maybe for others!

Since we are always on the go, especially at home with parents, it's hard to get that time alone together. We have no house. I hope next year I'll at least have that with my husband. We have been married a year today, but we have spent a longer time together when we were dating then married. I guess this military life is that way, but we have to enjoy the moments we do have together.

Wedding Trailer!

Wedding Trailer from Lee Thomas Videography

wedding trailer from Lee Thomas on Vimeo.

Thank you Lee Thomas (www.leethomasfilms.com/)
ENJOY!

Honeymooners in Carlsbad

Our favorite breakfast stop at Al's Cafe! Wonderful coffee too!

Horseback riding...

Aaron's horse and butt!
Viggagos

Island of Coronado

We rode a tandem to the Air Force Base, snuck into Hotel del Coronado's pool, wine tasted and ate dinner during sunset in their restaurant. We were a little burnt from our bike ride.

Balboa Natural History Museum

La Jolla at the Marine Room. My favorite place to eat.

Last, but not least, Aunt Tootsie and Uncle George in LA!

The New Mr & Mrs LT Peacock

We got married!. We are so happy!

Thank you to our parents, family and friends for creating such a beautiful and memorable day!

Leslie and Conrad from A Pair of Photographers took our pictures.

http://www.apairofphotographers.com/

Emerald City Designs (Erika Patterson) helped create the day a romantic evening, even with the rain!