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THE WEIGHT OF A SHARED NAME
<p><br/></p><p>Woman:</p><p><br/></p><p>I speak your name</p><p>and I feel its weight</p><p>not heavy, not cruel</p><p>but alive</p><p>pressing into my chest</p><p>reminding me</p><p>that you chose me</p><p>out of a thousand</p><p>and every breath I take</p><p>must honor that choice</p><p><br/></p><p>I fear failing you</p><p>even when you whisper</p><p>that I cannot</p><p>that love is enough</p><p>I fear stumbling</p><p>in the quiet moments</p><p>letting our shared name</p><p>bend under the weight of my mistakes</p><p><br/></p><p>I walk through the day</p><p>feeling your eyes behind me</p><p>not judging, only hoping</p><p>that I measure up</p><p>to the heart that chose me</p><p>the heart that loves me</p><p>without condition, without pause</p><p><br/></p><p>Man:</p><p><br/></p><p>I hear your voice, your doubts, your fears</p><p>and I want to protect you</p><p>from the weight</p><p>that lives in my name</p><p>that lives in our name</p><p><br/></p><p>I fear that any misstep of mine</p><p>any silence too long</p><p>any mistake unspoken</p><p>could crush the trust you lay on me</p><p>I fear failing the name we carry together</p><p>because it is more than letters</p><p>it is us</p><p>it is history, it is hope</p><p>it is a promise I cannot break</p><p><br/></p><p>I bend beneath it sometimes</p><p>but I hold on</p><p>I hold you</p><p>I hold us</p><p>because love is not absence of pressure</p><p>it is carrying it</p><p>and choosing each other</p><p>even when it stings</p><p><br/></p><p>Woman:</p><p><br/></p><p>The pressure comes</p><p>and goes</p><p>like wind through branches</p><p>some days it bends me</p><p>but you reach for me</p><p>and I remember</p><p>love is not a chain</p><p>it is fire</p><p>it is the pulse of your heart in mine</p><p>it is the laughter we steal from the world</p><p>it is every whispered promise</p><p>that I will not fall</p><p>because you catch me</p><p>every time</p><p><br/></p><p>Man:</p><p><br/></p><p>And I fear</p><p>that one day</p><p>I might not be enough</p><p>that the name we share</p><p>might crumble under expectation</p><p>so I give my all</p><p>not just in words</p><p>but in presence</p><p>in warmth</p><p>in quiet devotion</p><p>in every choice</p><p>that honors you</p><p>because to fail you</p><p>would be to fail myself</p><p><br/></p><p>Together:</p><p><br/></p><p>And yet</p><p>we breathe</p><p>we speak</p><p>we laugh</p><p>we stumble</p><p>we rise</p><p><br/></p><p>The weight of our shared name</p><p>is no longer a cage</p><p>it is wings</p><p>lifting us</p><p>higher than doubt</p><p>higher than fear</p><p>higher than expectation</p><p><br/></p><p>I love you</p><p>and the name we carry together</p><p>reminds me</p><p>that choosing you</p><p>was choosing courage</p><p>was choosing joy</p><p>was choosing forever</p><p><br/></p><p>And you</p><p>you hold my heart</p><p>as if it were your own</p><p>and together</p><p>we carry it</p><p>not with fear</p><p>but with reverence</p><p>with tenderness</p><p>With fire</p>
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