YOU - A CEREMONY OF THEIR OWN

YOU - A CEREMONY OF THEIR OWN

(Jess and Saul thought they were alone)

Overheard by father of the bride

As Saul proclaimed and Jess replied.

You are the tick to my tock.

You are the pendulum of my clock.

You make time stand still.

You make time fly and thrill.

You fulfill me and make me complete.

You still me and calm my heartbeat.

You show me how purity looks.

Your picture’s under integrity in guidebooks.

You teach me with gentle decree.

Your touch tells me it’s okay to be me.

Your loving helps me love myself more.

Your loving shows me a me I never saw before.

The way you love me, I could not help but love you.

The way you love me, there’s nothing else I could do.

Our wish for you:

Abundant happiness,

A life full of love

And a love full of life.

ULYSSES’ RETURN HOME

We learn when we feel lost

Finding our way isn’t free and

Growing pains are no small things,

We ache from the inside out.

Must the ocean always be calm?

No sailor is tested by a soft breeze.

We find out only in the storm 

Who we are and how we bend.

The hardening of one’s soul

Comes from bruising blows.

Slowly we learn life isn’t trying to be fair;

It’s a blind and deaf teacher.

Our tears will dry.  Pain will pass.

Lessons learned are small solace,

But they are all we have, our  badges,        
Ribbons we wear like tenderfoot scouts.