Witness

This is for Nate and Lauren.  This is for Lauren and Nate.  It is my honor and privilege to witness your marriage.

Today

I am privileged

To witness

The wedding of a couple

Who have thought through

And executed

More particulars

Than most every couple

I have known.

Today I will offer some words

But I know

No mere words

Will cover it.

Today I will sign

The certificate

And mail it off

To the State,

Still,

The certificate

Won’t cover it either.

Today it will take

All of us

To witness,

All of us,

All the promises

We can make

And then some,

And then some more.