Some people think
marriage is stability.
A house.
A routine.
A shared future.
Others think
marriage is risk.
Two lives
tied together
with no guarantees.
What would an ossan think about marriage?
Ossan’s answer
An ossan doesn’t believe
marriage is security.
Marriage is continuity
meeting reality.
And sometimes,
reality changes
before people do.
An ossan accepts this quietly.
He doesn’t romanticize marriage.
He doesn’t fear it either.
He walks
where two timelines overlap.
That’s all.
Marriage cannot promise happiness.
But companionship can.
An ossan learns this late:
The strongest marriages
are not the ones
without problems.
They are the ones
where both people
keep showing up.
Marriage notices effort.
Even when love is quiet.