Are we alone?
\nDo we hear the thoughts
\nthat course through our hearts,
\nremembering the girl
\nwho has become the bride,
\nthe boy who sees the smile
\nof his sacred love?<\/p>\n
Where does it say in the program
\nwho these children are,
\nhow carefully they\u2019ve been loved,
\nhow many dreams lead up to this altar
\nthat shines like dawn before us?<\/p>\n
Her mother calls out silently to her.
\nDoes anyone hear me shouting?
\nHow I want her to go on and come back,
\nhow nothing matters
\nbut her happiness to me,
\nhow glorious she looks,
\nmy child from heaven,
\nhow the doors of its city opened
\nand gave you to me.<\/p>\n
How I wave,
\ndoes anyone see me wave
\nas you become sunlight
\nand stars in my soul,
\nmy daughter who was
\nand is, the flower in the meadow,
\nthe angel of the playground,
\nthe pride of my flesh,
\nthe jewel that is a gift.<\/p>\n
And the father sees his little one
\ngo off down a road
\nthat is now hers alone,
\nremembering songs he hummed,
\ngames they played together,
\nbride of a new future
\nthat is hers alone.<\/p>\n
Boy who takes Jamie for his bride,
\nboy who listened to the songs of his mother
\nwhen she held his small body to her,
\nand now sees a man,
\nwhose heart is a part of her own.<\/p>\n
And the father who sees his son,
\ntall, joining with his bride
\na new destiny forged by love,
\nholding fate in the cup of his heart
\nwith names that will be written
\non the pages of life.<\/p>\n
So much is here,
\nso much is happening inside this church,
\nthis ceremony,
\nthese walls that resound with music
\nin the waves of an unfathomable sea,
\nwelcoming Jamie and Steve
\nand all of us,
\nchanged forever in their bond.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Are we alone? Do we hear the thoughts that course through our hearts, remembering the girl who has become the bride, the boy who sees…<\/p>\n