Tuesday, June 22, 2010

Wedding Sonnet #2. For Heather and Brian

What shall I give you for your wedding day?
Some thing you two do not already own:
The perfect gift that will sublimely say,
What words themselves cannot express alone.
 
A potted plant to symbolize love’s growth?
Or nesting pots to simmer life’s cuisine?
A Telescope?  A detailed star chart? Both?
A princess cut diamond aquamarine?
 
Alas these thoughts though nicely sounding still
Ring hollow of the goal for which they’re set.
A cup of love these gifts could never fill,
And true love’s measure is the surest bet.
 
The greatest gift then can't come from anoth’r
You’ve given it already to each oth’r.

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