Till Death Do Us Part

Till Death Do Us Part

How many who are reading these words now
Can remember the day you spoke this vow?
Oh how simple it seemed, to say
Those words on your wedding day.

Only time can reveal the depth of these words
As you learn by living, some truths unheard.
Human nature and human life do not always ask
How long we'd like this day to last.

We don't have a clue nor any preview
Nor do we look beyond too far. Our questions are few.
We accept with great joy the life of today
Looking forward to our vision of heaven to stay.

Not to diminish this private world of dreams
But years do bring changes in love and esteem.
Time does this natural thing to us, we confess.
To some far more, to some far less.

When your complexion was peaches and cream,
Which is now just a beautiful dream.
When you were so agile and lithe and straight,
Little did we envision the eventual fate.

If our vows have deepened to a spiritual honesty
These changes only enhance the love that was promised.
We see with the heart more than the eyes
As we live long and become more wise.

Love of great value is the change deep down inside
Where all the treasured memories gently reside
Where our souls are joined with rhythm of the heart
Till that vow is fulfilled, "Till Death Do Us Part."