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Eurydice and Orpheus 

Penelope and Odyesseus 

Persephone and Hades 

Someday our love will be added to the list 

Of loves so great songs were song and stories were shared 

Of loves so true and pure and powerful 

I am young and I am foolish 

I have made mistakes and I will make many more 

As I intend to 

In fact I will 

I will make dozens upon dozens 

Big ones, small ones, stupid ones, dire ones 

So that once I make it to my end and others name me a fool 

I can correct them

Because only a true fool would not see what I see 

Would not feel what I feel 

Would not know what I know 

And what I see, and feel, and know, is this: 

I am the luckiest man, living now and dead later 

I am blessed by the soul I’ve happened across

In a student bar on a random Saturday in springtime 

We danced in each others arms, as rain poured and stars shone

Tipsy and trembling, but happy and whole

It may not be Greek or fantastical 

But it’s ours. 

And by the gods do I love her. 

Ellie and Nicholas. 

Nicholas and Ellie.