I am bound, yours, from this day To the end day which is not By resolve that shames iron or steel For the heart wills what it will And those golden cables can nothing fray A million gloried bands draped between souls Into a soul entwined, enclosed Contained into a single form Divinely crafted into that highest potential That neither man nor death may split asunder Where there is no beginning or end To what we are, and what we are is this: My heartbeat in your chest Your breath in my lungs And these million bands of gold bridging My soul, your soul To one
This poem was written for my grandparents' 50th anniversary at the end of 2009.