Is love a grand illusion

That comes and goes at will,

A heart that’s always longing,

A heart that’s never still?

Is love about the princes

And Snow-Whites of the mind

Or can love give the sharing

That humans long to find?

Our love has many faces

Which range from fierce to mild.

It comes as sister, brother,

As parent or as child.

It comes as friend and lover

To set the world alight.

It comes as prophets bravely

Uphold the cause of right.

True marriage is a bonding

Of spirit and of flesh,

A love not based on merit,

A cosmic blessedness.

But bonding turns to bondage

Unless two trees can breathe;

The cells should grow together

But not the stems or leaves.

God’s love is not possessive,

God’s love is always kind,

God’s love believes in freedom

For every heart and mind.

True love is interaction,

A bridge between two spheres,

A way without absorption,

A path beyond our fears.

O Spirit help this couple

To nurture their romance,

Avoiding all that’s dreary

Or set in solemn stance.

May each new day bring wonder,

That comes from sharing praise,

Till thankfulness spills over

Delighting all their ways.

NOTE: For other than a wedding, change “this couple” to “each couple.”  For weddings verse 2 may be omitted.

Text and Music © William Livingstone Wallace.

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