Home from Chicago. The wedding was lovely; a perfectly fitting event for a couple I deeply love, and who clearly love each other. I had the privilege of giving a reading at their wedding. Here’s what I wrote for them:
Yes!
This love begins, like love will, with a yes
Yes, I think I will stay in Chicago
Yes, stay! Keep talking, keep laughing, kiss and
Take our yes on the road, ride our tandem
To the market for baskets of ripe summer love
To cry yes to things found in thrift stores
And alleys: baubles, bottles and books
Yes to what beauty washes up on life’s shores
Then winter storms angry, short on laughter, cold
Like flowers you’re faded, less bounteous.
Snow falls hard. Winds blow but you hold
Fast to each other. This is love, nothing less.
Love’s seasons turn, sunlight blooms, clouds close in.
Keep saying yes! Continue as you begin!
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