The theme of this poem is ver obviously love. This poem revolves around the love and experiences that the poet and her husband shared. They had been through many everyday and terriying situations together whichhave brought them closer together. She reminises the story of their life together as she would a mythical tale from the past. She regerets that their love has weakened through time.
             This poem begins with a description of a "mid western town" where the poet once lived with her family. This stanza reates an almost mystical, magical picture of her former home of Iowa. She continues as if telling some great story. The line "where we once lived when myths collided" sets a romantic air to the stanza. It is obvious that the poet feels a connection to this place as she creates a fairytale like image.
             The poet recalls that their old apartment is "not too far from here". She remembers their "kitchen and an Amish table", this Amish table is a symbol of the poet and her husbands relationship as their love was solid and pure. It was there in their apartment that their love strengthened and they "discovered there love had the feather and muscle of wings". Their love was like a "brother of fire and air" as they became the most natural and necessary elements of each others lives.
             The poet remembers a time when one of their two infant children was "touched by death in this town and spared". She continues to compare their life to the Aeneas story. She feels that there are no words to describe how she felt when their child was on the edge. She sees similarities between how she felt and the Aeneas story. There are no words to describe her emotions at that time and she sees her own struggle to convey her own feelings in the Aeneas story as "their mouths opened and their voices failed". She cannot even comprehend hoe she and her hus
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