Marriage Vows – Our sestina - Carl Palmer
From this day forth I
will not be I while I’m with her
and she will not be she
while she’s with me.
For on this day, we
as a couple will be us.
Us,
not I.
We,
not her,
not me,
not she.
She
becomes us.
She and me,
I
and her,
become we.
We,
not she,
not her.
Us,
not I,
not me.
Me
is now we,
not I.
She
is now us,
not her.
Her
and me,
together, us.
Together, we,
she
and I.
Her, forever we.
Me and she,
us, forever, vow I.
Bio:
Carl “Papa” Palmer of Old Mill Road in Ridgeway, Virginia, lives in University Place, Washington.
He is retired from the military and Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) enjoying life as “Papa”
to his grand descendants and being a Franciscan Hospice volunteer.
PAPA’s MOTTO: Long Weekends Forever!