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Going to the Movies with You
by Glenn CurrierGoing to movies with you
we travel without comments like:
Oh, look at that gorgeous house.
See that hawk on the fence post?
God! What a sunset!
Instead, when lovers kiss
I remember our date by the lake
our first heavy petting.
I squeeze the soft place in your palm
with my finger tips and smile.
You squeeze back.
I glance at you in the soft light of the screen
you smile too.
You know.
They are screaming in the front seat.
Remembering the vehemence and hurt
when I corrected your driving
in the highway rain on our last trip,
my hand moves away involuntarily
from your leg.
I feel the coldness.
We both stare, sad.
For 40 years
with you beside me
we’ve crossed continental divides
weathered ten thousand storms
arid terrain, dark tunnels,
stumbled up slopes
rocky with ego slides
reached splendid peaks
endured flickering lamps.
I rejoice and thank God.
On the silver screen
of our marriage
shines a million moments
we chose grace
over fear. 01/03/2010 Author's Note: On December 30, 2009 we celebrated our 40th wedding anniversary. Thank you, Helen, for being such a glorious fellow traveler.
Posted on 01/03/2010
Copyright © 2025 Glenn Currier
| Member Comments on this Poem |
| Posted by Clara Mae Gregory on 01/03/10 at 04:46 PM GREAT Tribute to a great marriage. Congratulations! |
| Posted by A. Paige White on 01/03/10 at 07:40 PM Beautiful tribute to your wife, Glenn. 40 years! I'd have been 5 when your two paths leaned into one. "a million moments
we chose grace
over fear." May you share a million more. |
| Posted by Gregory O'Neill on 01/03/10 at 08:40 PM You had me here: "I squeeze the soft place in your palm/with my finger tips and smile." That is wonderful. Love this. And congrats, so many, alas myself, don't make it. Hey, count down to the big Golden 50th!! Thanks.
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| Posted by Ken Harnisch on 01/03/10 at 10:29 PM Amazing tribute to your love and longetivity, Glenn. I stand and applaud! |
| Posted by George Hoerner on 01/03/10 at 10:40 PM A real testament to your relationship with your wife and nicely written. Good luck on many more years together. |
| Posted by Charlie Morgan on 01/04/10 at 01:40 AM ...glenn, like a bud, we've seen each of us through many of those years as friends and i see more of you all the time, this depth of you that you expose/express[always there, alwasys has been] and towards Helen in this regard is too coo, too cool. |
| Posted by Kristina Woodhill on 01/04/10 at 05:26 AM Lovely rememberings capped by those last two lines. Thank you for your example and your words. |
| Posted by Amie Golda on 01/04/10 at 10:27 AM Wow congratulations. You both sound very lucky. The last line makes an imapacting and beatuiful ending. I like how this poem is sort of a short story but holds many years in it. |
| Posted by Philip F De Pinto on 01/04/10 at 12:35 PM Congratulations, Glenn. It is quite a remarkable feat to remain hitched for forty years and this ode, the perfect vehicle to exclaim it from the roof tops! Hurrah for the happy couple and many more. |
| Posted by Sandy M. Humphrey on 01/04/10 at 01:43 PM Congrats and how beautiful you expressed what a journey marriage can be, I love the metaphor and comparison you chose. Thank you. smh |
| Posted by Melissa Arel on 01/05/10 at 02:33 AM Congrats on your 40th anniversary! I'm sure your wife will LOVE this :) |
| Posted by Elizabeth Jill on 01/05/10 at 04:25 PM There are certain few things in life that warm a heart more than a trusted long-term and genuine relationship. How beautifully you express this. Much joy! |
| Posted by Alison McKenzie on 01/05/10 at 05:17 PM This is sweet, Glenn, not because it's all the sweetest sentiments, but because it is so full of the truth of it. 40 years doesn't happen on a whim....it's made of all manner of experiences and you show that here, and that it IS possible to live and tell the tale. Love it!!!! Congratulations! |
| Posted by Sarah Wolf on 01/06/10 at 04:03 PM Congrats!!! |
| Posted by Tony Whitaker on 01/07/10 at 04:18 AM Greatest anniversary gift you can give after 40 years. Excellente amigo! |
| Posted by Jean Mollett on 01/08/10 at 04:49 AM Hi Glenn,
This is so beautiful, loving and caring. Congrat's on your 40th. You both, are so Blessed. |
| Posted by Charles E Minshall on 01/13/10 at 02:48 AM Congratulations! To you and your loved one Glenn.... |
| Posted by Allison Smith on 01/13/10 at 09:36 PM What a gorgeous piece! And such peace you offer to others! This poem gives me hope :) |
| Posted by Laurie Blum on 01/14/10 at 06:19 PM This is beautiful... I hope your wife loved this gift. I know I would. |
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