A Marriage
A Poem by by Rebecca Brenner
From Wayfarer Magazine, Issue 42»
A Marriage
that doesn’t hold the same shape forever
isn’t a failure—
this illumination is not an accident.
A ring taken off is a
soft, yet definite clearness of
air where something solid used to be,
gentle space redefining its edges.
Between us now—
bodies that never conceptualize themselves,
we allow what is—
atoms placed randomly then further apart,
orbiting in their quiet pull,
moving, not lost.
Together or alone, I’m told,
we can still close our eyes and see God.
Rebecca Brenner (she/her), author and mindfulness meditation teacher, has been featured in TIME, LA Times, and Tin House. A journalist for TownLift, she co-founded Mindful. Summit County and serves on Summit Pride’s Leadership Team. Her memoir-in-verse, Paper House, debuts with Wayfarer Books in Summer 2025.