Epithalamium

There are these little places where love exists,
places where a profound relationship took root,
where we can revisit the rings of years past inside,
where the sapling once lived, bending in the breeze;

these tender tendrils of youth
dance like fireflies in the mason jar
of our bellies, with sparked smells of summer and
nostalgia, simple freedom and joy

We are all here, from 9 to 90, in recognition,
in blessing of this feeling, this cocoon-like
warmth that surrounds our spirits, that lends our
hearts and hands to anoint this couple

we are all on the team that roots and cheers for
love, that tends its broken branches and melts its
winter frost, we are here to shine the light of love
on this newly sprouted tree and bath it in the rays of

our hearts; together.