A 15th anniversary poem comparing marriage to two trees planted close together:
Happy fifteenth
anniversary!
A long time to be planted
side by side!
Praised be those whose
love and faith abide.
Praised be those who would
deep rooted be.
Years entangle closely
planted trees,
From canopy to root
together tied,
Interwoven tightly, so
that eyed
Full flower, which is
which is hard to see.
Two trunks, one greater
whole, both root and branch,
Each able to withstand a
stronger wind,
Each more intact together
than alone.
Nor is this close
proximity by chance,
This will to be so
intimately combined,
Having each for each shed
leaves on stone.
© by Nicholas Gordon
Audio and Video Music: Kiss the Sky. By Aakash Gandhi. Music
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