For My Last Wife by Vicente Reyes

For My Last Wife

You are my wife for life,

Faithful and true as I am to you.

Our God has joined our lives as one,

As when His light melds moon and sun,

As when His hand cubes perfect salt

From Sodium and Chlorine,

Each element poisonous alone,

Yet together a compound essential for life.

Your wide eyes shimmer when I softly trace

Your naked beauty and kiss your face.

Your arms entwine my heart like the vine

Around the oak will tenderly embrace

Its firmness; and the winds of time and fate

Have not detached it as of late.

Neverever let our hearts be torn,

Let not a heartbeat skip because of shaky doubt.

To love each other we were born,

Although to others we had sworn

A love they could not fathom,

A life they could not cherish.

Our God has blessed our marriage,

For in word and flesh He hath said,

We are the salt of the earth

And Love is stronger than even death.

Vicente Reyes

June 22, 1995

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