Wedding Poem 7/04

“I would like to say, at the risk of seeming ridiculous, that the true revolutionary is guided by strong feelings of love”

Que viva la revolucion

“If two people truly love each other and recognize what they are getting themselves into then marriage is revolutionary”

que viva la revolucion

Marriage
Is
REVOLUTIONARY
One commits themselves to the revolution
The way you are committing yourselves
To each other
With faith
Trust
Devotion
Patience
And above all
Love
Have faith in yourselves
And this union
More then your faith
That the sun will rise
Each morning
Trust in yourselves
And each other
More then you trust
The ground you stand on
Devote yourselves to this marriage
As much as you devote yourselves
To your lives
Live
For this marriage
Be patient
All great things
Take time
There will be mistakes
But learn from them
And continue loving because of them
Not
In spite of them
There will be times
It will be easier
To walk away
And staying will be hard

It will take a lot of work

You’re not given a life together
You make one

“but let there be space in your togetherness
and let the winds of the heavens
dance between you”

look to your source
yourselves
for your strength
and look to one another
for your nourishment
and strong hold

I invite you now to look at each other
And hold the love and joy
You see today
Forever

Be visionaries
Be romantic
Be radical
Be TOO idealistic

Envision your future
Where you stand
Beyond struggle
And rise each day
To realize
This revolution
Is guided
by
you