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# Marriage, Undefended
- URL: https://www.merionwest.com/marriage-undefended/
- Published: 2026-11-07T16:24:04.000Z
- Updated: 2026-11-07T16:46:20.000Z
- Description: Shona Bridge
- Author: MW Editors
- Tags: Poetry, Arts

Last night’s rain pools on the garden pavers.   
The morning is warm. The water on the path   
is bright glass: a mirror for the parrots   
in the flame tree. A mirror for us, too.  
We’ve come so far. You used to shove your weight  
against my door. Now, this same cedar door  
opens to you.   
Some days frighten me: Everything I touch  
is a splinter searching for skin.   
I think there’s a reason we have each other—  
we might as well trick ourselves into delight. 

### Shona Bridge is a poet living on Darkinjung land in Australia.