"An epithalamium... is a poem written specifically for the bride on the way to her marital chamber" (source: wikipedia (yes, i know this is not an authoritative source, but it's what i have to work with now).
Since poetry has shaped so much of our beginnings and settling-ins, I wanted to try my hand at this ancient form, for Gregg, on this, our wedding day. This is a rough, rough draft that I will polish for the next 50+ years of our life together. I love you Gregg, and I can't wait to be married.
Epithalamium
for Gregg
One plus One
is magically Three—
You and Me and
the Space
in between:
the curve of
the ampersand,
where
everything conjoins
and expands; the shoreline,
where water and sand
reshape
one another...
constant
mutuality
liminality
marriage.
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