The Fire In the Marriage Choice We Desire

Arise at sunrise to surprise the exercise Which in a twist of fate Sought and wrought from you and I the prize Wrapped and fastened in a debt Incurred by our families Unknown to you and I In concealed diaries, fairies and homilies For reasons known only to our parents and their wishes to apply Old marriage standards Steeped in benighted beliefs Whose placards and bards Emblazoned on reefs You and I find outdated In belief, form, spirit and substance Premeditated and precipitated To breach the affluence, confluence and influence of our confidence Can’t mean well For the future you and I prefer To foretell and spell in a groundswell Of the love we can’t refer To whims and wishes of parents Who seldom care Whether marriage referents Fair or unfair Consider our feelings Deep or shallow In backdoor dealings To say hullo To the choice You and I make In our own voice To stake The future we desire In marriage And the fire Flowing in the personal choice in our matrimonial carriage For you and I to bless To love and to hold As you and I caress and address Marriage choices, wishes, voices and whims which no parents can no longer withhold.