#NPM14 Poem! Wedding Spring originally at Burlesque Press

Finally each day of National Poetry Month I'll be posting one of my own, previously published poems.
"Wedding Spring" was commissioned for the wedding of two dear friends and published by Burlesque Press.

Wedding Spring

Go now, together, with lives tied,

newborn curates of the long road,

lover cleaved from lovers, laughter of

ancient self-slaughter shaped to the shared

flame of a twisted, braided wick.

Kindle no anger overnight;

together sacrifice pride to love.

Into one house, account, accord,

one word pour all your work—make your

tongue speak now only of life: love.

And when the necessary trials

burn the rings of your concurrent hearts

upon your fingers, don’t fall into

yourselves but fall into each other;

alone now always means together.

Forget your fights from the final word;

forgotten years will rise before your

faults will wear themselves away

and sooner will unsought conversion

come than love to a mnemonic heart.

To years—to springtimes, summers, autumns,

winters—to all those spinning seasons

ending where you have here begun:

love; to the perfect knowledge love is

reborn each morning you are one.

Go, newborn lover, ancient flame:

kindle together into one tongue

and burn upon yourselves, alone;

forget forgotten faults, and come

to winter’s ending: love reborn.