The Wedding Vows of Lucian to his Poetess Silvia

(A lone voice whispers) Bind me not to only a taste of love But to true divine friendship Bind me not to only love But to the warmth of our wet hungry lips First thing in the morning And last thing at midnight Bind me not to your words of commands to embrace But to the sweet tranquil noise of two crashing hips Bind me not to a life of emotional slavery But to the core of your very soul Bind me to place To live Inside Forever A place no one Else Will ever know Or replace My words to you, My love Bind me instead to the bow of your immortal ship For we can then Sail together Into the everlasting Sunset And make a home In a serene place When our time Comes Only those bound By spiritual wedlock Can ever go To hold hands To walk Barefoot through the falling Heavenly snow So don't just bind Me to this A golden wedding ring Bind me to be your Everything So standing here In our circle of true love In front of our family Friends and our Holy Mother Our twin souls Can sing And be finally unified by the grace of God For we both Were never meant to be locked together By just gold until we are old By only the long reach Of bondage Linked to mortal sin (C) Copyright John Duffy