I wasn't sure whether or not to post this in the poetry/writing subforum, but figured since there's more traffic here, and it's still fairly relevant, I'd post the vows I wrote last night.
I will try to cite sources later on, as I compiled most of it from our favorite love poems, quotes, songs, passages, etc, while changing up the wording a bit to better fit our story.
Anyhow, I need some feedback. c: The wedding is a little over a month away now *^*
Reading them out loud (& bursting into tears..) I timed them to be about a minute or so long. My maid of honor will carry them with my ring (the bridesmaids dresses have pockets!! : D)
Dearest Brian,
I can't promise you that dark clouds will never hover our lives.
I can't promise you that tommorow will be perfect or that life will be easy.
But, I can promise you my everlasting devotion, my loyalty, and my unconditional love.
I can promise that I'll always be here for you, to listen and hold your hand.
I will do my best to make you happy, to make you feel loved.
I will see you through any crisis.
I will pray with you, dream with you, build with you,
cheer you on, and encourage you.
I can promise that I will be your
very best friend, your family,
your everything.
I will bring you good, not harm, all the days of my life.
I vow to fiercely love you, in all your forms, now and forever.
I promise to never forget that this is a once in a lifetime love.
I vow to love you, no matter the challenges we will face.
I'd rather have bad times with you than good times with anyone else.
I'd rather be beside you in a storm than safe and warm by myself.
I'd rather have hard times together than to have it easier apart.
Remember I will always love you -
and by "I love you" I mean that I accept you for who you are
and that I do not wish to change you.
You are the trip I did not take, you are the pearls I could not buy,
you are my blue Italian lake, you are my piece of foreign sky.
You are the book I did not write,
you are a candle in my night.
I feel like everything in my life has led me to you.
My choices, my heartbreaks, and my regrets.
But if I had done one thing differently,
I might never have met you.
I love you without knowing how, or when, or from where.
I love you straightforwardly, without complexities or pride;
so I love you because I know no other way,
for you are more myself than I.
With this ring I give you my heart.
I promise from this day forward, you shall not walk alone.
May my heart be your shelter, and my arms be your home.
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