Love's Vows (a Wedding Poem)

We attended our nephew's wedding on Saturday. 

A wedding is always a good time to be reminded and reflect on vows we made on our own wedding day,
however recently or not we vowed them...

God bless, guard and keep the sacredness of marriage true and strong!

Once you were strangers and far, far apart

Now and forever love binds heart to heart

Shoulder to shoulder, through life’s worst or best

Love’s vows unbroken will triumph each test

Nothing on earth can undo what is done

Solemn the vows that meld two into one

Tethered forever to weather what waits

Love’s vows unite two hearts into soulmates

Cherish with honor these words that you say

Defend the promises you make today

Always remember in life’s push and pull

Love’s vows once spoken, nothing can annul

God bless with happiness, these ties that bind

Keeping, through His love, this love true and kind

For, from this day forward, while God grants your life

Love’s vows have sealed you as husband and wife

© Janet Martin