In My Hand//Poem

In my hand, your heart will 

Be safe, safe from all evil that 

Seeks to destroy and rip it apart, 

In my hand with this cup of matrimony 

shall your cup never be empty of my love, 

Love that yearns and longs for your 

love in return

With this cup of matrimony shall I 

Love you for you, not for your body,

Your body yours alone, from that body 

man is born, born from the womb of 

One I call my wife, In this hand with this 

Candle shall I light your way through in

Sickness and in health, through uncertainty 

And confusion

With this hand over my heart, do I swear 

Before the heavens above I shall be faithful, 

Faithful as I am who now carries your heart 

Wherever I may go, for my life is now shared 

With you through life and in death shall I be 

Your faithful companion 

With my right hand do I place this ring onto 

You and declare I am yours and yours alone, 

Like the moon and stars, sun and clouds, 

Rain and ground, mountains and snow