"20:20"

"20:20"

(for Two Young Friends On Their Wedding Day)


My young, virtual friends,
Clear-eyed, confident,
Staring out today at your future,
With tanks filled and all revved up,
Remember this:
Your journey's underway already;
You've seen detours, bad roads,
and worse, but you survived,
...and kept on going.



Still twenty, and yet,
Combat-tested;
Worry, heart-ache,
Sleepless nights,
Look at all you've had to face,

...and bested.



'Getting Hitched'
They used to call it,
But you've been hitched already,
Or maybe stitched together
I should say,
By trials and troubles,
And treasured moments
Along your way.



You...rebels, acter-outers,
Impulsive youth...
Convention flouters,
You've paid your dues,
Earned your way,
And now, to all the
Hand-wringers, the nay sayers,
And to all the doubters,
You can smile and softly say:

"We made it, and This is our day"



A pair of twenties,
Crisp and new,
(well, not quite new)
No folds or creases yet,
May you grow together,
Win your bet
On each other,
And may you be a pair
Of hundreds
Before you're through.



You plunged into life
Off the high board
...and made it.
And today, as you marry,
(I can tell)
One I know, who loves you fiercely,
Loves you even more.
...How much can a heart swell?




May you have tender moments
To ease life's sorrows and slings,
And may you know the selfless love,
--the joy-- that children bring.


So Carpe Diem! Cheers! Good health!
Long life! ..... and Happiness,
and to you both, and those you love,

God Bless,
God Bless,
God Bless.

(jjorge)