poem for my nephew ' s wedding

 I DoToday it ’s easy to say I do It spills from the lips Like the words are running downhillBut what you ’re really saying today is I willTo a long list of lofty promises:To honor and cherishTo love and support To hold in your heart.Then rings are exchangedAnd it all gets sealed with a kissBut it only begins with I do.The rest becomes your life.Don ' t let it be an empty platitude,Frivolous words before the kids and mortgages,Before you start to bicker and feud,Before the graying of rootsAnd the slow slackening of form,Before the unraveling of all you thought you knew.I do is not just todayIt ’s Monday and SundayAnd all the holidaysAnd in-between days It ’s bringing coffee with two creamsIt ’s getting dressed in the dark While your loved one sleeps It ’s random flowers and front row seatsIt ’s laughing in the rain When you forget your umbrellaAnd feeding the geese Next to a sign that says not to.I do could be everyday.It ’s entirely up to you.  Have the courage to allowIt to follow you around,Eavesdrop on your conversationsSit with your anger and irritationsInvite it to every joyful celebration.I do is always welcomeI do is always ready I do is right nowAnd because now Belongs to eternityI do is ever renewed.But it takes a concerted effortFrom both man and wifeIt must be tended toFor I do is nothing without the doingJust as love withers without the loving.I do is the rest of your life It is...
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