Today he will promise
To be at your side,
From this day forward,
For all of your lives.

I know that you love him,
Your face is aglow
With the sweet bliss of knowing,
With him you will go.

Leave mother and father,
One union you’ll be,
Yet both of your families
Will enfold you and he.

May God guide your footsteps
And bless your new home,
And protect your children
Though not yet born.

Today you will promise
To be at his side,
From this day forward,
For all of your lives.


© 2004 Dorothy Joan Riley