Poetic Vows

I stand before you, as the wind and the sea are my witnesses. I promise to be your strength in the storm, your warmth in the winter, and your constant companion through all the turning seasons of our lives. As the river flows to the sea, so my heart flows to you, now and forevermore.

As the ivy clings to the oak, so I shall cling to you through the shifting winds and the turning seasons. I promise to be the roots that ground you and the leaves that shelter you. By the ancient spirits of this land, I pledge to honor your soul, to protect our peace, and to love you until the rivers run dry.

There is a blue hour between day and night where loving you feels like home. In that gentle space, the world grows quiet enough for me to notice your hand, your laugh, and the life we are making one ordinary moment at a time. I promise to keep turning toward you when the day is bright and when it is difficult to see the way forward. I will treasure the tenderness between us, protect our wonder, and love you with a steady heart through every changing light.

I will be your shelter in the storm and your anchor in the tide. Wherever you are is where I belong.

I choose you in silence and in song, in peak and in valley. You are my choice today, and every day for the rest of my life.

I give you my hand, I give you my heart, and I give you my love, from this day until my very last.

In all the days to come, I promise to hold your hand, share your burdens, and multiply your joy.

Ye are blood of my blood, and bone of my bone. I give ye my body, that we two might be one. I give ye my spirit, 'til our life shall be done. You cannot possess me for I belong to myself, but while we both wish it, there is nothing I own that is not yours.

In the name of God, I take you to be my wife/husband, to have and to hold from this day forward, for better for worse, for richer for poorer, in sickness and in health, to love and to cherish, until we are parted by death. This is my solemn vow.