Wedding Vows

       A repeat from R Jacob Post

I was recently was asked by a woman at work to write her wedding vows. I was stunned, hiding my surprise, I said yes. I thought about it for four days or so. Writing it took about 45 minutes. I handed it to her at work. When she read it, she started to cry, blurted out "perfect" and kept crying. This was all because I took a chance and brought some of poetry to work for some of the ladies to read. Let Them Read was my post I guess that started the ball rolling. I was there for the wedding, feeling like a playwright waiting to  hear the words I had written. For better or worse (pun intended) here is what I came up with. My first, my last, my everything Words torn from a song What can one say When someone touches your heart and your very soul My words are framed in ways To show our shared emotions Our lives are different from this moment on Caring for one another Our ups and downs For better or worse My soul mate We are kindred spirits Our movements locked in step It is meant to be forever Our hands reaching out for the other To be there for me And I for you I will give you my all To be loved once again My gift to you and yours to me Everything I have to make you happy Affairs of the heart can not be wished for Birds must sing in the same key Bees making honey never sweeter Sunrises seem to be perfect Sunsets bring hope for more to come Walks by the ocean Two sets of prints Leaving their mark Our thoughts to be shared Words not be spoken I never gave up hope that sometime Somewhere, you would enter my life And share our lives together