CALM Publishing

CEREMONY

 

Each of us

Lined up there on

Stately, deep oak benches.

The many colored windows

Reflecting our need to interpret the words –

So stately and profound

With magnificent commitments

Uttered with the gravest sincerity.

         As each of us –

         Dozens of individual souls

         Bombarded with words –

         Faith, belief, loyalty, fidelity, love

         And many more –

         Delving into ideals of life and creation.

         Positing children as the goal

         Without which there is no church.

You can sense the depth of feeling

These words evoke

Collective memories multiplying the aura.

The sense of group think

As the past flows through each mind –

Words bringing certain memories

To the surface

To be re-experienced.

         Our own marriages.

         Our own better or worse scenarios.

         Our own fidelity.

         Our own children

         And theirs along with hope –

         Without which tomorrow is bleak.

So to hope we applaud

And smile in a unified cheer.                                                     231230.1