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I will be me and you will be you
Each to the
other, will be true
To the end of time I expect no less
Our love will
sustain and God will bless
I cannot think of anything more wonderful than spending my future with my buddy. A friend who knows me better than myself and still loves me. Who laughs at my lapses of memory or randomness of thought. A sage who turns the mirror of love on me that I may laugh the loudest at my own foibles. An ancient who knows how to loosen the bonds of decorum that keep the real me under cover. The wise student who learned that nothing is to be unexpected from the uncovered me. The woman who taught me to revel in the real instead of half living in the wish. The beauty who proved hers isn’t skin deep, but goes all the way to her heart. The young girl who takes my hand and leads me to the most exhilarating view of life I’ve ever seen. The child who found in me my child, still awed by the world we live in. More than this I could not imagine. No dream could ever surpass the grandeur of the place I am at, bursting with life, at home in my skin, surrounded by love and filled with joyful anticipation of what is to be.
Are you nervous? they all ask
The wedding’s
getting close
Excited yet? a question posed
These are my
daily dose
From the curious and the friendly
And those who
know me well
None understand the love I feel
To them I
cannot tell
That anticipated joy is mine
No fears have I
today
Quite the opposite is the case you see
I won’t let her
get away
The wedding day has come and gone
The festivities
are done
The justice said the words she must
Now legally
we’re one
The memory of music fades
But our
children’s faces last
The joy that all had gathered for
A wonderful
glow still casts
More than just a joining of
A husband and a
wife
A gathering of two families for
A relationship
for life
We will become a central home
A place for all
to come
Where love and comfort emanate
And peace the
ultimate sum
Diamonds in a ring of gold
On my finger
sit
Sparkle like a liquid light
Proof I did
commit
Symbol of a love divine
Two spirits
joined, enthused
An endless circle just as we,
Souls forever
fused
It is strange I feel no different
Were two but
now we’re one
And yet there is a thing that’s new
A sense that
time has run
A past that goes beyond when we
Met in flesh
and bone
A history felt within us both
Result, seeds
earlier sown
And future days yet to come
Undreamed of
joys galore
Knowledge certain it will be
For us long
years in store
A simple change in how we view
That point in
space we are
Before, a fragment in the void
And now a
shooting star
A sense of “is and will be”, comes
Secures in us
the thought
From this point on the gift of love
Makes possible
all we’ve sought
There is no “if” as ahead we look
Just when and
how, for sure
Permanence is what we feel
As one, we will
endure
Are you my husband? She looked at me
What have we
done? No difference see
I took unto myself a wife
She makes a
heaven of my life
We signed the papers said the words
But love’s the
tie around us girds
Wife’s the word that I should use
Lover, friend,
the ones I choose
I am my beloved
And she is me
We are together
And we are free
We are bound, by loves sweet cord
Supported by
its strength
However far apart we go
We can’t exceed
its length
Each is nourished by the other
Mind and body
both
Time is near for us to join
Pledge to each
our troth
To say in words for all to hear
That we will be
a pair
That we will face the time to come
With courage
and with flair
That love will keep us to the end
In joy and
merriment
And laughter will our med’cn be
As life we’ll
reinvent
To fit our mold with souls set free
And optimism
lent
We’ll fill our cup with endless firsts
A life of love
well spent
You and I will soon be one
In law as well
as spirit
How shall we look upon this change?
How should we
then consider it?
Will anything be different now
That official status brings?
Will the meaning of our being change
After we
exchange our rings?
Will I take your love for granted
When the paper says you’re mine?
Will you stop the friendship having
Won me hook and
line?
Will laughter fade and boredom come
Will we be like
the rest?
There is no doubt we will be challenged
Life will put
us to the test.
There also is no doubt for me
That with you
at my side
Life will be adventure filled
As we wander
far and wide
Each will view the world through
The others eyes
with awe
Sharing all that we can be
The finest and
the flaw
We shall know the greatest love
That each
ourselves conceive
As each gives to the other care
And safety net
we weave
I’ll give you love and due respect
I’ll carry when
you’re tired
I’ll focus only on intent
Not in
pettiness be mired
If you will give your hand to me
I’ll hold it
tenderly
And all the love my heart contains
Will pass to you
for free
I’ll give you laughter as you will me
We’ll be
children young and free
We’ll start our lives all over again
Enjoy the world
and all we see
And I will get from you in future
All the things
in past were given
The things I love and cherish so
To give me you
have striven
So what will change when we are wed
And what will
stay the same?
In one way all we know will change,
In another…
just your name.