Wedding Poems: For the Couple (6)

Love That's Meant
Poem by Claire Raven Rochford, Essex


How often do you find that one person that you know you will love forever?
A love that's so strong and passionate that its ribbons of joy you can't sever.

Maybe it's the friendship that's so evident in the couple that make their love so strong,
Maybe it's the fact that fate played its hand and the partnership was meant all along.

You will know when you meet these people as their bliss is so blatant to see,
Even when they are down, and are wearing a frown, you know it's only temporary.

Never take for granted the fortune you've been given, a sole mate's so difficult to find,
Offering your life and your love to one another is the most generous gift if its kind.

As the years come and go, and you both understand the reason you were bought together
Gaining cherished memories in a future ever happy and a bond due to last forever.

Envisage your potential together, and grab hold of those thoughts so tight,
Numerous dreams to be had of the family you will raise, and being together feels so right.

Excitement and uncertainty at what the future holds and enthusiasm to begin a life anew
Never to forget the past spent single, but the future presents such a perfect view.

From this day forward, in sickness and in health, till death do you part, is your oath
To a very dear couple on your wedding day we all wish love to you both


My Sister's Second Step
Poem by Danielle Sherie Dorsey


Memories are the stars that illuminate our eyes.
Immaculate glimpses of color melted together;
each sense magnifies.
Are our memories made of matter? Do they take up space?
Or are they combined with illusion as the creases
drip upon our face?
We all begin our life with our first memory;
then develops and imprecise amount in which
consume us.
Such infinity absorbing a swallowing sadness;
perfumed happiness; some deliciously precious.
Drenched of moist water; starved of dry dust
To the feeling that the love between two people
will never rust.
Combined with a promise that holds GOD's love,
a ring binding us to heaven, a pleasure we all
consist of.
When lonliness is left lonely, and a friendship
becomes true
when you feel you love for him is what he feels
for you...

And like our first memory, our first breaht, we
took our first step
and left our footprints in the sand.
They define where we've been, they define where
we'll land.
And now my sister is taking her first step
landing in an array of oncoming memories
by taking hold of a hand and placing a ring
and promising to him all that she's offering.
Pledging elite love to one another before their friends and family.
Their tears wiped away to allow them to see:
that these are your first steps to the rest of you life,
as you two become our pleasant Man and Wife.


Dance Between You
Poem by Thomas Paul Sterner/Howe


You have come together
and together you shall be forever more
You will be together
when the wings of death
come knocking at your door
Together in the silence,
even in the memory of God
Yes, even in the silent, sweet silent,
memory of God
Know there must be spaces
for true love to be true
And let the winds of the heavens
dance between you, dance between you

Don't make a bond of love;
the chains of love are frozen,
hard, and cold
Let it rather be a moving sea
between the shores,
the soft shores of your souls
Fill each other's cup of life
but drink not from one cup -
you must befree
Give one another of your bread;
eat not from the same loaf -
you must be free
Know there must be spaces
for true love to be true
And let the winds of the heavens
dance between you, dance between you

Sing and dance together;
be joyous but let each of you be alone
As guitar strings quiver
with the same music,
each plays on its own
Give your hearts not only
as husband and wife
For who can hold such hearts;
only the hand of life,
only the hand of life
The pillars of the temple stand far apart
and you must stand together
Together yet apart, together yet apart

The oak and the cypress grow
but not in one another's shadow
And so the two of you must grow
but not in one another's shadow,
not in one another's shadow
Know there must be spaces
for true love to be true
And let the winds of the heavens
dance between you, dance between you
Yes, let the winds of the heavens
dance between you, dance between you
Dance between you, dance