These are the four poems I read at Nathan and Sarah’s wedding this last Saturday in Dubach, Louisiana. The first I wrote for Michael and Analia’s wedding in Tarija, Bolivia in 2009. The second I wrote for Suzie and Lich’s wedding on Whidbey Island in Washington State in 2010. The third I wrote when Nathan and Sarah were about to graduate from Tien Shan International School in Kazakhstan in 2009. The final poem was written in 2014 especially for Nathan and Sarah’s wedding.
Love is a choice I make today
Oh joyous day finally arrived
Long waited for dreams come true
Songs filling the air and our hearts
We choose love today.
The dance begun with timid steps
Continues on ever stronger
Each step uniting us closer together
Oneness and unity belong to us
We choose love today.
Each new day will come
Some with joy, some with pain
Love is patient
Love is kind
Remember the ancient words
They are life
Strong medicine when the heart feels sick
Love is a choice we make each day.
© 2009 Julie Clark
The story began
Long before you opened your eyes or breathed your first breath
Love has always been
In the Ancient Circle of Three
As the nature of love is to grow and be given away
It will never diminish, but multiply from generation to generation
As each new set of lovers take their place in the dance,
Unique in wonder and glory,
They replay the original heartbeat of the universe in their steps
It’s true
Our wildest and best dreams
Love is at the center
Not perfected in us yet
We see only dimly through a glass
But each choice to love brings closer the time
When love will rule the day
And there will be no more darkness
No more night
So take your place young lovers
Follow the wind of the Spirit
Who will lead you on
Choose love each and every day
For one another and for all those who enter your circle
As surely as the sun rises each day
The world will be brighter and lighter
Because you two have joined the dance
© 2010 Julie Clark
Love Has Time (Fridge Poetry)
Love has time
For summer music
Playing magically
Like moonlight
Bouncing upon the night
Love has time
To wait
For blossoms in their buds
To spread forth into the light
And say “I am here in all my glory”.
© 2009 Julie Clark
Who knew?
That waiting would take this long?
That your lives would weave together again
Who knew?
That your hopes and dreams had to die and be buried?
That a surprise resurrection was coming?
Who knew?
That there were tender eyes watching?
That there were strong hands guiding and weaving?
Who knew?
That you would be invited to join together in the great dance of love?
That you would hear the invitation and say yes?
Who knew? God knew and now we all know!
Let the source of all Love teach you now how to love one another.
© 2014 Julie Clark
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