June 21,  2018

PROMISES  TO  KEEP

…. for better, for worse,

…. for richer, for poorer,

…. in sickness and in health,

…. in good times and in bad,

…. till death do we part ….

He never thought of the meaning

of these simple words till that moment,

as he was torn between past

and future, between his wife

becoming his wife that moment

and his parents twenty feet away,

and so he turned to them and said

with his eyes, “Thank you!”

and then without thinking kissed

and embraced his wife - and the

whole church clapped and his

wife hadn’t even made her vows

and promises to him yet - so now

it’s their turn to be repeat performances

of what their parents did for them before them.

Amen.

© Andy Costello, Reflections 2018