You
remember, It all began with a theft of an air-conditioning
the
compressor too
tears
of sadness
coupled
with tears of happiness
But
on arrival you stole my heart
although
know
that it already belonged to you.
I
knew you loved me
when
you wore those rock star jeans that flipped your world upside down
and
they cost more than you would ever dream of paying.
And
I loved you back with all of me,
every
piece,
ever
skin cell,
all
my limbs,
the
organs on the inside,
as
there could be no other way for me to love you.
Before
I would never…
But
now I wear spandex and bike for miles and miles with you.
My
world is better with you. My ceiling fans & chandeliers are hung, my
bougainvillea is trimmed, my roof is patched, my canoe is paddled
I
even love you 108 feet underwater,
and
after 5 days of hiking dying of thirst when you refuse to filter perfectly good
water,
blisters
covering every part of my feet that you have carefully bandaged.
I
love you and when it finally rains and we can shower outside in it I love you,
and
I will love you on our safari in Africa and to the ends of this earth and back
home again.
When
you are not with me
I
miss your smile
the
wrinkles on your eyes,
your
bright laugh your kindness,
the
shelter of your arms wrapped around me.
These
are my promises to you
I
vow to love you and support you in this life
and
in all of the other lives that you dream of
And
we will dream of falling in love more each day
Growing
together better
As
your friend, lover, as the mother of our children
I
vow to laugh with you
and
enjoy our smiles, our tears, our wrinkles,
to
never give up on us, no matter what
And
we will change, life will. I look forward to it with you.
Our
love is extraordinary
but
personal and quiet and silent sometimes,
and
obvious blaring that even the lady at the bagel place knew it.
Robin
to me there is no other possible imaginable life.
I
marry you today as my best friend.
The
keeper of all of my secrets.
Even
when everything else in this world is going wrong,
when
I have the worst day of my life,
when
they steal my air conditioner,
when
I can’t quite dry my tears,
I
know I will have you,
and
you will have me.
Robin
today I will marry you in front of our friends and family
and
for the rest of our lives I am your loving wife.
