The Wedding Vows of Lucian to his Poetess Silvia

The Wedding Vows of Lucian to his Poetess Silvia 

(A lone voice whispers)

Bind me not to only a taste of love

But to true divine friendship

Bind me not to only love

But to the warmth of our wet hungry lips

First thing in the morning

And last thing at midnight

Bind me not to your words of commands to embrace

But to the sweet tranquil noise of two crashing hips

Bind me not to a life of emotional slavery

But to the core of your very soul

Bind me to place

To live 

Inside 

Forever

A place no one

Else

Will ever know

Or replace

My words to you, 

My love

Bind me instead to the bow of your immortal ship

For we can then

Sail together

Into the everlasting

Sunset

And make a home

In a serene place

When our time

Comes

Only those bound

By spiritual wedlock

Can ever go

To hold hands 

To walk 

Barefoot through the falling

Heavenly snow

So don't just bind

Me to this

A golden wedding ring

Bind me to be your

Everything

So standing here

In our circle of true love

In front of our family 

Friends and our Holy Mother

Our twin souls

Can sing

And be finally unified by the grace of God 

For we both

Were never meant to be locked together 

By just gold

until we are old

By only the long reach

Of bondage

Linked to mortal sin

(C)

Copyright John Duffy