Monday 24 October 2011

Vows

As most of you would be aware, on Saturday a small group of family and friends descended the stairs into the basement of DonkeyWheel House to bear witness to my marriage to the one and true love of my life- Tash. It was one of those perfect nights, when the stars and planets align and perfect love is ignited in all involved.

We both wrote our own vows encapsulating our truest feelings. Posted below are my vows.




The Stages of Love

On a couch on a porch on Smith St,
testosterone and estrogen collided to quicken our hearts.
I burned with the excitement of the new
as we chased each other through coffee shops and bedrooms
with a lust for the things that we may never know.

After that deluge I stood within a cloud
in which all that I could see and all that I could hear was you.
Dopamine and serotonin conspired
to create an addiction- an obsession and a compulsion-
that I never want to quit.

I fed you butter, cheese, and bread.
You fed me theatre, art, and wine-
things finer, more abstract, than the science I was used to
as we exchanged the lives that we now share.

Our years are reinforced by Oxytocin and Vasopressin.
The roots of our love continue to entangle and fuse,
and this act of marriage is just one part of that process.
We will continue to grow together.
I will continue to feed and love and cherish you through the good times and bad
for the rest of my life and yours.
My thoughts and emotions all focus on a single point
You.