Dovina3 Apr 2006

I wrestled with the tenses, and decided to use present tense in the first and last verses, and past tense in all the others. The real story is past tense. But the reality of it is so close in present thinking that I almost still “have a man who wakes with me.” I understand how that is confusing.
His “lumpy arm” was muscular from hard work. I never thought of it as ungraceful, but I see how you could read it as such.
Thanks for your comments. They give me another perspective on a story that can easily become ingrown and uncommunicative if held inside.