Wedding Vow
Today begins a union blessed
By heaven’s gentle hands,
And as my feelings do suggest
Its strength eternal stands.
Into your eyes, my lover sweet
I’ll stare with great regard,
For mine do burn with ardent heat
Behind them once so scarred.
But turmoil’s charring disappeared
Upon the sight of you,
And moments forth I have revered
The passion since imbued.
Beneath this arch of Springtime buds
And Winter’s ivory lace,
My body’s true emotion floods
With visions of your face.
Into your softened hands I’ll place
A golden ring of truth,
And signaling His vestal grace
I’ll kiss your tender youth.
Yet when your countenance does gray
With wrinkled shades of time,
My lover’s blush shall not astray
I’ll think you more sublime.
And when I fall to final sleeping
You may learn to trust,
That our love I am safely keeping
Risen from my dust.
For you, my love, are truly mine
Forever from this day,
And together we combine
Life’s beautiful bouquet.
So as a blooming flower shines
In May when it’s anew,
To you, my dearest love divine,
I proudly say, “I do.”
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