Eyes meet from across a room
And across the world
A conversation starts
And sparks fly
Who would’ve known
It would bind two hearts?
Each enticing out of the other
Smiles, laughter, and love
Across the miles
That love has endured and grown
Talking and travelling
Across the Tasman.
Today they embark on the greatest journey
Deciding that their paths
That crossed so coincidentally
Will now continue side by side
Arm in arm, life entwined together
So whatever life may bring
Whatever joys and troubles
Come your way
May you pause,
And affectionately ponder this day
The pledges made to love and cherish,
To have and to hold,
To know and to grow each other
And with that pondering, remember
The magic, the first time your lips met,
The romance, the sweet nothings,
The passion, the patience, the love
Together, the miles you’ve already come,
And the happiness,
Which initially inspired this grand step
Let your remembering give way to dreams
Of what your love could grow to,
Of where this life together will lead,
Of what adventure will come next!
Of holding hands when you’re 80
And smiling at each other with toothy grins
So today, note the sparkle
In Claire’s eyes
As she walked down the aisle
The grin covering Grant’s face
As he said ‘I do’.
And as you set out on this
Adventure called marriage
May God bless you
And may you always
Fan the flame of your love
So what the sparks started so long ago,
Across that room
Will become an inferno blazing
Showing the world
What love is really like
And how what you share
Is special, unique
And amazing.
By Lauren Brooking
Written for Claire Adams and Grant Coleman, who declared their love for each other and married on 4 April 2009
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