Two Rings

a poem for a wedding

There on your hands
is the hope you both found
 together

thin cold ribbon
gold wrapping round
 together

connecting your words
and your hearts
 together

you to you are now bound
by small circles of gold
as your love is crowned
here before your friends

sound of heart
 sound of mind
  sound of bells

ringing
 ringing
  ringing proud
wedded together

letting the world know
how in love you will grow
through toil and through truth
 in tenderness
  in trust
   in devotion
 united

these rings
your vows
this life you share
 from this moment
  forward
   united together

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Friends asked if I would write something for their wedding celebration. They were officially married in a private civil ceremony. Family and friends asked for a party.