POEMS
“Blessing of the Apaches”
Now you will feel no rain, for each of you will be shelter for the other. Now you will feel no cold, for each of you will be warmth to the other. Now there will be no loneliness, for each of you will be companion to the other. Now you are two persons, but there is only one life before you. May beauty surround you both in the journey ahead and through all the years, may happiness be your companion and your days together be good and long upon the earth.
Treat yourselves and each other with respect, and remind yourselves often of what brought you together. Give the highest priority to the tenderness, gentleness and kindness that your connection deserves. When frustration, difficulty and fear assail your relationship as they threaten all relationships at one time or another – remember to focus on what is right between you, not only the part which seems wrong. In this way, you can ride out the storms when clouds hide the face of the sun in your lives. remembering that even if you lose sight of it for a moment, the sun is still there. And if each of you takes responsibility for the quality of your life together, it will be marked by abundance and delight.
“Two Hearts”
May these two hearts be united one to the other
Like flowers and its perfume, like flute and its melody
May they have many summers of sweet love and happiness.
May they bring forth children and grandchildren.
May they in the autumn of life
Ripen through service into the serenity of the spirit
And my they at the end of their days break all mortal bonds and encounter the great unknown with fearless hearts
“Marriage is the Beginning”
Marriage is the beginning of the song of life
It is the bond that units the strangeness of the past
With the brightness of the future
The link between the silence of the feelings of praise
With music that is set by night to be sung in the day
Marriage creates a happiness
That no other happiness can surpass
But that of the soul when she embraces God
It is the union of two souls in a strong love
For the abolishment of loneliness
It is the union of a golden ring in a chain
Whose beginning is a glance and whose ending is eternity
I see beauty as the bride and spirit as the groom
And life as a ceremony
“Take My Hand”
Take my hand, come walk with me along life’s winding way
Take my hand, come stand with me, together we will say.
It’s you that I have chosen. It’s you with whom I’ll stay.
It’s you with whom I’ll share my life as I want no other way.
I want you always by my side through laughter and through tears. The good, the bad, we’ll share it all, through all the coming years.
Because I want this union, to continue to be blessed I pray we both will care enough to always give our best.
Then when our jouney ends will find that we’ve come through it all still lovers, ever friends!
“Take My Hand” Song Lyrics written by Dick Johnson and Glen Navis gnavis@charter.net