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Sample Wedding Poems

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He's Not Perfect

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Marriage Is More Than A Piece Of Paper

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Every Day: (David Levithan)

 

This is what love does: It makes you want to rewrite the world. It makes you want to choose the characters, build the scenery, guide the plot. 

 

The person you love sits across from you, and you want to do everything in your power to make it possible, endlessly possible. And when it’s just the two of you, alone in a room, you can pretend that this is how it is, this is how it will be.

A Marriage: (Mark Twain)

 

A marriage … makes of two fractional lives a whole;

it gives to two purposeless lives a work, and doubles the strength of each to perform it;

it gives to two questioning natures a reason for living, and something to live for;

it will give a new gladness to the sunshine, a new fragrance to the flowers, a new beauty to the earth,

and a new mystery to life.

The Promise:  (Heather Berry)

 

Within this blessed union of souls, where two hearts intertwine to become one, there lies a promise. Perfectly born, divinely created, and intimately shared, it is a place where the hope and majesty of beginnings reside. Where all things are made possible by the astounding love shared by two spirits. 

 

As you hold each other’s hands in this promise, and eagerly look into the future in each other’s eyes, may your unconditional love and devotion take you to places where you’ve both only dreamed. Where you’ll dwell for a lifetime of happiness, sheltered in the warmth of each other’s arms.

Wedding Day: (Adrian Lomas)

 

This day of days, 

your separate ways 

become one. 

 

This ring, this vow, 

tell you that now 

a new life’s begun. 

 

Two roads converging,

then, finally, merging,

under the sun. 

 

Good luckholding,

A future unfolding,

that can’t be undone. 

Traditional Irish Blessing:

 

May the road rise to meet you,
May the wind be always at your back.
May the sun shine warm upon your face,
The rains fall soft upon your fields.
And until we meet again,

May you be poor in misfortune,
Rich in blessings,
May you know nothing but happiness
From this day forward.
May the warm rays of sun fall upon your home
And may the hand of a friend always be near.
May green be the grass you walk on,
May blue be the skies above you,
May pure be the joys that surround you,
May true be the hearts that love you.

Blessing for a Marriage: (James Dillet Freeman)

 

May your marriage bring you all the exquisite excitements a marriage should bring, and may life grant you also patience, tolerance, and understanding.

 

May you always need one another, not so much to fill your emptiness as to help you to know your fullness. A mountain needs a valley to be complete. The valley does not make the mountain less, but more.

 

And the valley is more a valley because it has a mountain towering over it. So let it be with you and you. May you need one another, but not out of weakness. May you want one another, but not out of lack.

 

May you entice one another, but not compel one another. May you embrace one another, but not out encircle one another. May you succeed in all-important ways with one another, and not fail in the little graces.

 

May you look for things to praise, often say, “I love you!” and take no notice of small faults. If you have quarrels that push you apart, may both of you hope to have good sense enough to take the first step back.

 

May you enter into the mystery that is the awareness of one another’s presence, no more physical than spiritual, warm and near when you are side by side, and warm and near when you are in separate rooms or even distant cities.

 

May you have happiness, and may you find it making one another happy. May you have love, and may you find it loving one another.

Love Is Friendship Set On Fire: (Laura Hendricks)

 

Love is friendship caught fire; it is quiet, mutual confidence, sharing and forgiving. It is loyalty through good and bad times. It settles for less than perfection, and makes allowances for human weaknesses. 

 

Love is content with the present, hopes for the future, and does not brood over the past. It is the day-in and day-out chronicles of irritations, problems, compromises, small disappointments, big victories, and working toward common goals. 

 

If you have love in your life, it can make up for a great many things you lack. If you do not have it, no matter what else there is, it is not enough.

Friendship: (Judy Bielicki)

 

It is often said that it is love that makes the world go round. However, without doubt, it is friendship which keeps our spinning existence on an even keel.


True friendship provides so many of the essentials for a happy life it is the foundation on which to build an enduring relationship, it is the mortar which bonds us together in harmony, and it is the calm, warm protection we sometimes need when the world outside seems cold and chaotic.


True friendship holds a mirror to our foibles and failings, without destroying our sense of worthiness. True friendship nurtures our hopes, supports us in our disappointments, and encourages us to grow to our best potential.


Bride and Groom came together as friends. Today, they pledge to each other not only their love, but also the strength, warmth and, most importantly, the fun of true friendship.

I Fell In Love With All Of You:

 

I didn’t just fall in love with the best of you, like,

The way your eyes light up the room,

The way you laugh makes me smile,

The way your hand fits in mine,

The way your personality stands out,

The way your smile gives me butterflies,

or the way your body moves.

 

I fell in love with all of you,

I fell in love with your scars,

The way you make sarcastic remarks,

The way you feel helpless at 2am,

The way you cry about something from years ago,

The way you can sometimes get angry,

or the way you sometimes want to be alone.

 

I fell in love with all of you,

I fell in love with the great in you, 

I fell in love with the bad you see in yourself,

but the bad you see is the great that I see because I love every part of you , every bit.

I fell in love with all of you.

Love Sonnet 17: (Pablo Neruda)

 

I love you without knowing how, or when, or from where,
I love you simply, without problems or pride:
I love you in this way because I don’t know any other way of loving

but this, in which there is no I or you,
so intimate that your hand upon my chest is my hand,
so intimate that when I fall asleep it is your eyes that close.

I love you as the plant that doesn’t bloom and carries hidden within itself the light of those flowers, and thanks to your love, darkly in my body lives the dense fragrance that rises from the earth.

I Love You So:

 

I love you so deeply, I love you so much,

I love the sound of your voice and the way that we touch.

 

I love your warm smile and your kind thoughtful way,

the joy that you bring to my life every day.

 

I love you today as I have from the start,

and I ‘ll love you forever with all of my heart.

A Vow: (Wendy Cope)

 

I cannot promise never to be angry;
I cannot promise always to be kind.

You know what you’re taking on, my darling 
It’s only at the start that love is blind.


And yet I’m still the one you want to be with
And you’re the one for me, of that I’m sure.


You’re my closest friend, my favourite person,
The lover and the home I’ve waited for.


I cannot promise that I will deserve you,
From this day on. I hope to pass that test.


I love you, and I want to make you happy.
I promise I will do my very best.

Jane Eyre: (Charlotte Brontë)

 

I have for the first time found what I can truly love, I have found you. You are my sympathy, my better self, my good angel, I am bound to you with a strong attachment. I think you good, gifted, lovely: a fervent, a solemn passion is conceived in my heart; it leans to you, draws you to my centre and spring of life, wraps my existence about you and, kindling in pure, powerful flame, fuses you and me in one. It was because I felt and knew this, that I resolved to marry you.

A History of Love: (Diane Ackerman)

 

Love. What a small word we use for an idea so immense and powerful it has altered the flow of history, calmed monsters, kindled works of art, cheered the forlorn, turned tough guys to mush, consoled the enslaved, driven strong women mad, glorified the humble, fuelled national scandals, bankrupted robber barons, and made mincemeat of kings. 

 

How can love's spaciousness be conveyed in the narrow confines of one syllable? Love is an ancient delirium, a desire older than civilization, with taproots stretching deep into dark and mysterious days.


The heart is a living museum. In each of its galleries, no matter how narrow or dimly lit, preserved forever like wondrous diatoms, are our moments of loving and being liked.

The Art of Marriage: (Wilferd Arlan Peterson)

 

Happiness in marriage is not something that just happens.
A good marriage must be created.
In the art of marriage the little things are the big things…
It is never being too old to hold hands.
It is remembering to say “I love you” at least once a day.
It is never going to sleep angry.
It is at no time taking the other for granted;


The courtship should not end with the honeymoon, it should continue through all the years.
It is having a mutual sense of values and common objectives.
It is standing together facing the world.
It is forming a circle of love that gathers in the whole family.
It is doing things for each other, not in the attitude
of duty or sacrifice, but in the spirit of joy.
It is speaking words of appreciation and demonstrating gratitude in thoughtful ways.


It is not looking for perfection in each other.
It is cultivating flexibility, patience, understanding and a sense of humour.
It is having the capacity to forgive and forget.
It is giving each other an atmosphere in which each can grow.
It is finding room for the things of the spirit.
It is a common search for the good and the beautiful.
It is establishing a relationship in which the independence is equal, dependence is mutual and the obligation is reciprocal.
It is not only marrying the right partner, it is being the right partner.
It is discovering what marriage can be, at its best

I Will Be Here: (Steven Curtis Chapman)

 

If in the morning when you wake, if the sun does not appear, I will be here.


If in the dark we lose sight of love, hold my hand and have no fear, I will be here.

 

I will be here, when you feel like being quiet, when you need to speak your mind I will listen.


Through the winning, losing, and trying we’ll be together, and I will be here.

 

If in the morning when you wake, if the future is unclear, I will be here.


As sure as seasons were made for change, our lifetimes were made for years, I will be here.

 

I will be here, and you can cry on my shoulder, when the mirror tells us we’re older.


I will hold you, to watch you grow in beauty, and tell you all the things you are to me.

 

We’ll be together and I will be true to the promises I’ve made to you, and I will be here.

I Cannot Promise You…

 

I cannot promise you a lifetime of sunshine,

I cannot promise you riches, wealth or gold,

I cannot promise you an easy pathway,

That leads away from change or growing old.

 

But I can promise all my hearts devotion,

A smile to chase away your tears of sorrow,

A love that’s ever true and ever growing,

A hand to hold in yours through each tomorrow.

From Beginning to End:  (Robert Fulghum)

 

The symbolic vows that you are about to make are a way of saying to one another, "You know all those things we've promised and hoped and dreamed, well, I meant it all, every word." 

 

Look at one another and remember this moment in time. Before this moment you have been many things to one another, acquaintance, friend, companion, lover, dancing partner, and even teacher, for you have learned much from one another in these last few years. 

 

Now you shall say a few words that take you across a threshold of life, and things will never quite be the same between you.  For after these vows, you shall say to the world, this is my husband, this is my wife.

All I Ever Really Needed to Know I Learned in Kindergarten:(Robert Fulgham)

 

All of what I really need to know about how to live, and what to do, and how to be, I learned in Kindergarten. Wisdom was not at the top of the graduate school mountain, but there in the sandbox at nursery school.

 

These are the things I learned:

  • Share everything.

  • Play fair.

  • Don't hit people.

  • Put things back where you found them.

  • Clean up your own mess.

  • Don't take things that aren't yours.

  • Say sorry when you hurt somebody.

  • Wash your hands before you eat.

  • Flush.

  • Warm cookies and cold milk are good for you. Give them to someone who feels sad.

  • Live a balanced life.

  • Learn some and think some and draw and paint and sing and dance and play and work every day.

  • Take a nap every afternoon.

  • Be aware of wonder.

Remember the little seed in the plastic cup? The roots go down and the plant goes up and nobody really knows how or why, but we are all like that.

 

Everything you need to know is in there somewhere.
And it is still true, no matter how old you are, when you go out into the world, it is best to hold hands and stick together.

Collide: (R.M. Drake)

 

You will be the clouds and I will be the sky.
You will be the ocean and I will be the shore.
You will be the trees and I will be the wind.

Whatever we are, you and I will always collide.

I Choose You: (Tyler Kent White)

 

I choose you again and again,

at the start and finish of every single day.

No matter the season no matter the year,

I choose you to struggle and succeed with,

To fight and make up with,

To love and grow old with,

I choose you knowing there are still trails we must travel,

Knowing there are mountains left to climb,

I choose you to always be by my side.

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Les Miserables: (Victor Hugo)

 

You can give without loving, but you can never love without giving. The great acts of love are done by those who are habitually performing small acts of kindness. We pardon to the extent that we love. 

 

Love is knowing that even when you are alone, you will never be lonely again. And great happiness of life is the conviction that we are loved. Loved for ourselves. And even loved in spite of ourselves.

Buried Light: (Beau Taplin)

 

Home is not where, you are from, it is where, you belong.

Some of us travel the whole world to find it.  Others, find it in just one person.

The Wedding Singer: (Movie) (Humorous)

 

I want to make you smile whenever you're sad. 

Carry you around when your arthritis is bad. 

All I want to do is grow old with you. 

I'll get your medicine when your tummy aches. 

Build you a fire if the furnace breaks. 

Oh it could be so nice, growing old with you. 

 

I'll miss you, Kiss you, Give you my coat when you are cold. 

Need you, Feed you, Even let you hold the remote control. 

So let me do the dishes in our kitchen sink. 

Put you to bed if you've had too much to drink. 

I could be the man who grows old with you. 

I want to grow old with you.

Sex and the City: (Movie)

 

His hello was the end of her endings.
Her laugh was their first step down the aisle.
His hand would be hers to hold forever.
His forever was as simple as her smile.
He said she was what was missing.
She said instantly she knew.
She was a question to be answered.
And his answer was "I do."

I Choose You: (Sara Bareilles) 

 

My whole heart, will be yours forever. This is a beautiful start, to a lifelong love letter.

 

Tell the world that we finally got it all right. I choose you. I will become yours and you will become mine.

 

We are not perfect, we’ll learn from our mistakes, and as long as it takes, I will prove my love to you. I am not scared of the elements, I am underprepared, but I am willing and even better, I get to be the other half of you.

The One:

 

When the one whose hand you’re holding is the one who holds your heart,

When the one whose eyes you gaze into gives your hopes and dreams their start,

When the one you think of first and last is the one who hold you tight,

And the things you plan together make the whole world seem just right, 

When the one whom you believe in puts their faith and trust in you,

You found the one and only love you’ll share your whole life through. 

Blessing of the Hands:

 

These are the hands of your partner, young and strong and full of love, holding your hands as you promise to love each other today, tomorrow, and forever. These are the hands that will work alongside yours as together you build your future. These are the hands that will hold you and comfort you in grief and uncertainty. These are the hands that will countless times wipe the tears from your eyes, tears of sorrow and joy. These are the hands that will hold your family as one. These are the hands that will give you strength. And these are the hands that even when wrinkled and aged, will still be reaching for yours, still giving you the same unspoken tenderness with just a touch.

Jane Eyre:  (Charlotte Brontë)

 

I have for the first time found what I can truly love, I have found you. You are my sympathy, my better self, my good angel, I am bound to you with a strong attachment. I think you good, gifted, lovely; a fervent, a solemn passion is conceived in my heart; it leans to you, draws you to my centre and spring of life, wrap my existence about you and, kindling in pure, powerful flame, fuses you and me in one.

He’s Not Perfect: (Bob Marley)

 

He’s not perfect. You aren’t either, and the two of you will never be perfect. But if he can make you laugh at least once, causes you to think twice, and if he admits to being human and making mistakes, hold onto him and give him the most that you can. He isn’t going to quote poetry, he’s not thinking about you every moment, but he will give you a part of him that he knows you could break. Don’t hurt him, don’t change him, and don’t expect for more than he can give. Don’t analyse. Smile when he makes you happy, yell when he makes you mad, and miss him when he’s not there. Love hard when there is love to be had. Because perfect guys don’t exist, but there’s always  one guy that is perfect for you.

Love Song: (Mary Carolyn Davies)

 

There is a strong wall about me to protect me: 

It is built of the words you have said to me. 

 

There are swords about me to keep me safe: 

They are the kisses of your lips. 

 

Before me goes a shield to guard me from harm: 

It is the shadow of your arms between me and danger. 

 

All the wishes of my mind know your name, 

And the white desires of my heart,

They are acquainted with you. 

 

The cry of my body for completeness, 

That is a cry to you. 

My blood beats out your name to me, unceasing, pitiless 

Your name, your name.

Sensual Pleasure Passes: (Voltarire)  

 

Sensual pleasure passes and vanishes in the twinkling of an eye, 

but the friendship between us, the mutual confidence, 

the delights of the heart, the enchantment of the soul, 

these things do not perish and can never be destroyed. 

I shall love you until I die. 

I’ll Still be Loving You: (C. David Hay)

 

When your hair has turned to winter and your teeth are in a plate, 

when your getter up and go has gone to stop and wait – 

I’ll still be loving you. 

 

When your attributes have shifted beyond the bounds of grace, 

I’ll count your many blessings, not the wrinkles in your face – 

I’ll still be loving you. 

 

When the crackle in your voice matches that within your knee 

and the times are getting frequent that you don’t remember me – 

I’ll still be loving you. 

 

Growing old is not a sin, it’s something we all do.

I hope you’ll always understand –

I’ll still be loving you. 

No Mistake: (Martha Simms)

 

I know that you were made for me, 

and I was made for you. 

A wise old owl up in a tree, 

told me this was true. 

 

I asked him only yesterday, 

if I should marry you? 

He answered – ‘I can safely say, 

you’re not a twit to woo.’ 

The Art of Marriage:

 

Happiness in marriage is not something that just happens. A good marriage must be created. In the Art of Marriage: the little things are the big ones. It is never being too old to hold hands. It is remembering to say ‘I love you’ at least once a day. It is never going to sleep angry. It is at no time taking the other for granted. It is having a mutual sense of values and common objectives. It is standing together facing the world. It is forming a circle of love that gathers in the whole family. It is doing things for each other, not in the attitude of duty or sacrifice, but in the spirit of joy. It is speaking words of appreciation and demonstrating gratitude in thoughtful ways. It is cultivating flexibility, patience, understanding and a sense of humour. It is having the capacity to forgive and forget. It is giving each other an atmosphere in which each can grow. It is finding room for the things of the spirit. It is a common search for the good and the beautiful. It is establishing arelationship in which the independence is equal, dependence is mutual and the obligation is reciprocal. It is not only marrying the right partner, it is being the right partner. 

The Most Wonderful Of All Things In Life: (Sir Hugh Walpole)

 

The most wonderful of all things in life is the discovery of another human being with whom one's relationship has a growing depth, beauty and joy as the year's increase. This inner progressiveness of love between two human beings is a most marvellous thing; it cannot be found by looking for it or by passionately wishing for it. It is a sort of divine accident and the most wonderful of all things in life.

Blessing For A Marriage: (James Dillet Freeman)

 

May your marriage bring you all the exquisite excitements a marriage should bring, and may life grant you also patience, tolerance, and understanding. 

 

May you always need one another - not so much to fill your emptiness as to help you to know your fullness.  A mountain needs a valley to be complete; the valley does not make the mountain less, but more; and the valley is more a valley because it has a mountain towering over it.  So let it be with you and you. 

 

May you need one another, but not out of weakness. May you want one another, but not out of lack. May you entice one another, but not compel one another. May you embrace one another, but not out encircle one another. May you succeed in all important ways with one another, and not fail in the little graces. May you look for things to praise, often say, "I love you!" and take no notice of small faults. 

If you have quarrels that push you apart, may both of you hope to have good sense enough to take the first step back. 

 

May you enter into the mystery which is the awareness of one another's presence - no more physical than spiritual, warm and near when you are side by side, and warm and near when you are in separate rooms or even distant cities. May you have happiness, and may you find it making one another happy. May you have love, and may you find it loving one another! 

My Everything:

 

You’re my love, my life. The air that I breathe,

You’re my soul, my happiness the all that I need.

 

You’re my light, my dark, the stars in the sky,

You’re my up, my down, the reason I try.

 

You’re my strength, my weakness, the love from the start,

You’re my heartache, my pain the beat of my heart.

 

You’re my tears and my joy in the love that you bring,

You’re my world my galaxy, you’re my everything.

I Didn’t Fall In Love With you:

 

I didn’t fall in love with you, I walked into love with you, 

with my eyes open, choosing to take every step along the way. 

 

I do believe in fate and destiny, but I also believe we are only fated to do the things that we’d choose anyway.

 

And I’d choose you; In a hundred lifetimes, In a hundred worlds,  In any version of reality, I’d find you and I’d choose you. 

The Bridge Across Forever: (Richard Bach)

 

A soul mate is someone who has locks that fit our keys, and keys to fit our locks. When we feel safe enough to open the locks, our truest selves step out and we can be completely and honestly who we are; we can be loved for who we are and not for who we’re pretending to be. Each unveils the best part of the other. No matter what else goes wrong around us, with that one person we’re safe in our own paradise. Our soul mate is someone who shares our deepest longings, our sense of direction. When we’re two balloons, and together our direction is up, chances are we’ve found the right person. Our soul mate is the one who makes life come to life.

Love is an Adventure:  (Pierre Tielhart de Chardin)

 

Love is an adventure and a conquest. It survives and develops like the universe itself only by perpetual discovery. The only right love is that between couples whose passion leads them both, one through the other, to a higher possession of their being. Put your faith in the spirit which dwells between the two of you. You have each offered yourself to the other as a boundless field of understanding, of enrichment, of mutually increased sensibility. You will meet above all by entering into and constantly sharing one another's thoughts, affections, and dreams. There alone, as you know, in spirit, which is arrived through flesh, you will find no disappointments, no limits. There alone the skies are ever open for your love; there alone lies the great road ahead.

Wedding: (Alice Oswald)

 

From time to time our love is like a sail 

and when the sail begins to alternate 

from tack to tack, it’s like a swallowtail 

and when the swallow flies it’s like a coat; 

and if the coat is yours, it has a tear 

like a wide mouth and when the mouth begins 

to draw the wind, it’s like a trumpeter 

and when the trumpet blows, it blows like millions … 

and this, my love, when millions come and go 

beyond the need of us, is like a trick; 

and when the trick begins, it’s like a toe 

tip-toeing on a rope, which is like luck; 

and when the luck begins, it’s like a wedding, 

which is like love, which is like everything. 

Fairy-tale Wedding:

 

Once upon a time, a boy met a girl, she gave him her hand & he held it tight.  Together, they set off down the unknown path in front of them. Sometimes they walked slowly; sometimes at a quicker pace. Sometimes they ran so fast it felt kind of like flying.  Whenever he lost his footing, she steadied him and whenever she tripped, he helped her back up.  Sometimes they didn’t know which direction to go, and although they occasionally lost their way, they never lost each other.  They wandered contentedly and lived happily, forever and always side by side.

 

These are the hands of your partner, young and strong and full of love, holding your hands as you promise to love each other today, tomorrow, and forever. These are the hands that will work alongside yours as together you build your future. These are the hands that will hold you and comfort you in grief and uncertainty. These are the hands that will countless times wipe the tears from your eyes, tears of sorrow and joy. These are the hands that will hold your family as one. These are the hands that will give you strength. And these are the hands that even when wrinkled and aged, will still be reaching for yours, still giving you the same unspoken tenderness with just a touch.

Never Above You: (Walter Winchell)

 

Never above you, 

Never below you, 

But Always beside you. 

The Bargain: (Sir Philip Sidney)

 

My true love hath my heart, and I have his,

By just exchange one for another given:

I hold his dear, and mine he cannot miss,

There never was a better bargain driven:

My true love hath my heart, and I have his.

 

His heart in me keeps him and me in one,

My heart in him his thoughts and senses guides:

He loves my heart, for once it was his own,

I cherish his because in me it bides: 

My true love hath my heart, and I have his.

From This Day Forward: 

 

From this day forward, 

you shall not walk alone.

 

My heart will be your shelter, 

And my arms will be your home. 

A Word To Husbands: (Ogden Nash) (Humorous)

 

To keep your marriage brimming, with love in the loving cup.

Whenever you’re wrong, admit it; and whenever you’re right, shut up!

Silent Unspeakable Memories: (George Eliot)

 

What greater thing is there for two human souls, than to feel they are joined for life.  To strengthen each other in all labour, to rest on each other in all sorrow, to minister to each other in all pain, to be one with each other in silent unspeakable memories.

Love Is Giving:

 

Love is giving, not taking, 

mending, not breaking, 

trusting, believing, 

never deceiving, 

patiently bearing 

and faithfully sharing 

each joy, every sorrow, 

today and tomorrow. 

 

Love is kind, understanding, 

but never demanding. 

 

Love is constant, prevailing, 

its strength never failing. 

A promise once spoken 

for all time unbroken, 

Love’s time is forever. 

Irish Toast: 

 

My you have warm words on a cold evening, 

a full moon on a dark night, 

and the road downhill all the way to your door. 

To Be One With Each Other: (George Eliot)

 

What greater thing is there for two human souls than to feel that they are joined together to strengthen each other in all labour, to minister to each other in all sorrow, to share with each other in all gladness, to be one with each other in the silent unspoken memories?

On Your Wedding Day:

 

Today is a day you will always remember 

the greatest in anyone’s life. 

You’ll start off the day just two people in love 

and end it as Husband and Wife. 

 

It’s a brand-new beginning, the start of a journey, 

with moments to cherish and treasure and although there’ll be times when you both disagree these will surely be outweighed by pleasure. 

 

You’ll have heard many words of advice in the past 

when the secrets of marriage were spoken, 

but you know that the answers lie hidden inside 

where the bond of true love lives unbroken. 

 

So live happy forever as lovers and friends

it’s the dawn of a new life for you, as you stand there together with love in your eyes from the moment you whisper, ‘I Do.’ 

 

And, with luck, all your hopes and your dreams can be real, may success find its way to your hearts, 

tomorrow can bring you the greatest of joys 

but today is the day it all starts.

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Love Me: (Humorous)

Love me when I'm old and shocking
Peel off my elastic stockings
Swing me from the chandeliers
Let's be randy bad old dears.


Push around my chromed bath chair
Let me tease your white chest hair
Scaring children, swapping dentures
Let us have some great adventures.


Take me to the dogs and bingo
Teach me how to speak the lingo
Bone my eels and bring me tea
Show me how it's meant to be.


Take me to your special places
Watching all the puzzled faces
You in shorts and socks and sandals
Me with warts and huge love-handles.


As the need for love enthrals
Wrestle with my damp proof smalls
Make me laugh without constraint
Buy me chocolate body paint.


Hold me safe throughout the night
When my hair has turned to white
Believe me when I say it's true
I've waited all my life for you.  

Grow Old With You: (Humorous)

 

I wanna make you smile whenever you’re sad,
Carry you around when your arthritis is bad,
All I wanna do is grow old with you.

I’ll get your medicine when your tummy aches,
Build you a fire if the furnace breaks,
Oh, it could be so nice, growing old with you.

I’ll miss you,
Kiss you,
Give you my coat when you are cold,

Need you,
Feed you,
Even let you hold the remote control.

So let me do the dishes in our kitchen sink,
Put you to bed when you’ve had too much to drink,
Oh, I could be the person who grows old with you,
I wanna grow old with you!

Marriage: (Humorous)

 

Marriage is about giving and taking,
And forging and forsaking,
Kissing and loving and pushing and shoving,
Caring and sharing and screaming and swearing.

About being together whatever the weather,
About being driven to the end of your tether,
About sweetness and kindness,
And wisdom and blindness.

It’s about being strong when you’re feeling quite weak,
It’s about saying nothing when you’re dying to speak,
It’s about being wrong when you know you are right,
It’s about giving in, before there’s a fight,
It’s about you two living as cheaply as one!.

Never heeding advice that was always well meant,
Never counting the cost until it’s all spent.


And for you two today it’s about to begin,
And for all that the two of you had to put in,
Some days filled with joy, and some days with sadness,
Too late you’ll discover that marriage is madness.

I’ll Be There For You: (Humorous)

 

I’ll be there my darling, through thick and through thin,
When your mind’s in a mess and your head’s in a spin,
When you're plane’s been delayed, and you’ve missed the last train.


When life is just threatening to drive you insane,
When your thrilling whodunit has lost its last page.


When somebody tells you, you’re looking your age,
When your coffee’s too cool, and your wine is too warm,
When the forecast said “Fine”, but you’re out in a storm,
When your quick break hotel, turns into a slum,
And your holiday photos show only your thumb.

When you park for five minutes in a resident’s bay,
And return to discover you’ve been towed away.


When the jeans that you bought in hope or in haste
Just stick on your hips and don’t reach round your waist.


When the food you most like brings you out in red rashes,
When as soon as you boot up the bloody thing crashes.

So my darling, my sweetheart, my dear…,
When you break a rule, when you act the fool,
When you’ve got the flu, when you’re in a stew,
When you’re last in the queue, don’t feel blue,
’cause I’m telling you, I’ll be there For You.

The Giraffe and The Monkey - Daniel Thompson: (Humorous)

Wherever we go
Whatever we do
Whenever there’s me
I hope that there’s you.

Now Money is Funny, it can make people odd.
You forget to be happy, and you live for your job.
And fashion, is a passion, beset with a flaw
You can dress to excess, but you’ll always need more.

And a muscle toned body, may sound like a dream
But no body is better, than chocolate ice cream.


What I’m trying to say, is that happiness grows
Not through your wages, or body or clothes

But in laughter and love, and in sharing your life.
In the arms of another as husband and wife.


So when you find someone who’s weird just like you
Who laughs when you’re stupid and who makes you laugh too.

When you sit on the sofa, not hiding your flaws.
As imperfectly perfect, as the hand that holds yours.


When the fortune of kings, or purse of a beggar.
Won’t change how it feels, just being together.

When a cuddle and cuppa is all that you need….

Well then…
you’ve found something quite special indeed.

Wherever we go
Whatever we do
Whenever there’s me
I hope that there’s you.

Love like a River - Whitney Hanson:

 

They say that sometimes
love starts with a spark.

And that might be true,
but if I were to wish you a love,
I wouldn't wish fire for you.

You see, fire is powerful.
It burns bright and then it's gone.
It's beautiful and warm,
but it doesn't last long.

So instead of wishing you a love that burns,
I wish you a love like a river twists and turns.
It changes and it flows,
It is powerful and free.
But it consistently finds its way back to the sea.

And so like the water,
I hope your love is ever growing, ever changing.
I hope your love is powerful and free,
And may you always find each other,

Like a river finds the sea.

You are the Bubbles - Rachel Bright: (Humorous)

 

Together, you are the bubbles in one another’s champagne.
The morning sun through a window,
The breaking of a smile.

Together, you are the one doughnut in the bag with more jam than all the others.
That photo where everybody looks great.
The know-all-the-words, sing-out-of-tune chorus of your favourite song.

Together, you are the beginnings of a big idea.
The twinkly bits that hang in the sky after the firework goes bang.
The cold, thin air at the top of a mountain.
The only two people in a crowded room.

Together, you are that unforgettable day of the holiday.
An accidental adventure.
Chocolate chip.
The last two pages of your favourite book.


A BBQ with friends.
The spray of the sea.
The nose of the cheese.
A kiss.
A hug.
A hold-my-hand.


A decision which, looking back, will seem to be the most excellent one you’ve ever made.

Together you are bubbles.
The unburstable bubbles of the very best things in life.
The only things any of us ever really need.

How Falling in Love is like Owning a Dog - Taylor Mali:  (Humorous)

 

First of all, it’s a big responsibility,
especially in a city like New York.
So think long and hard before deciding on love.
On the other hand, love gives you a sense of security:
when you’re walking down the street late at night
and you have a leash on love
ain’t no one going to mess with you.
Because crooks and muggers think love is unpredictable.
Who knows what love could do in its own defense?

On cold winter nights, love is warm.
It lies between you and lives and breathes
and makes funny noises.
Love wakes you up all hours of the night with its needs.
It needs to be fed so it will grow and stay healthy.

Love doesn’t like being left alone for long.
But come home and love is always happy to see you.
It may break a few things accidentally in its passion for life,
but you can never be mad at love for long.

Is love good all the time? No! No!
Love can be bad. Bad, love, bad! Very bad love.

Love makes messes.
Love leaves you little surprises here and there.
Love needs lots of cleaning up after.
Sometimes you just want to get love fixed.
Sometimes you want to roll up a piece of newspaper
and swat love on the nose,
not so much to cause pain,
just to let love know Don’t you ever do that again!

Sometimes love just wants to go out for a nice long walk.
Because love loves exercise. It will run you around the block
and leave you panting, breathless. Pull you in different directions
at once, or wind itself around and around you
until you’re all wound up and you cannot move.

But love makes you meet people wherever you go.
People who have nothing in common but love
stop and talk to each other on the street.

Throw things away and love will bring them back,
again, and again, and again.
But most of all, love needs love, lots of it.
And in return, love loves you and never stops.

Sensual Pleasure Passes:

 

Sensual pleasure, passes and vanishes, 

But the friendship between us, 

the mutual confidence, 

the delight of the heart, 

the enchantment of the soul, 

these things do not perish, 

and can never be destroyed.

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