Getting Married…

Getting married this weekend. My wedding gift to A is a copy of the verse of Khalil Gibran on Marriage. I have hand written it for him:

Then Almitra spoke again and said, "And what of Marriage,
master?"

And he answered saying:

You were born together, and together you shall be
forevermore.

You shall be together when white wings of death scatter
your days.

Aye, you shall be together even in the silent memory
of God.

But let there be spaces in your togetherness,

And let the winds of the heavens dance between you.

Love one another but make not a bond of love:

Let it rather be a moving sea between the shores of
your souls.

Fill each other's cup but drink not from one cup.

Give one another of your bread but eat not from the
same loaf.

Sing and dance together and be joyous, but let each
one of you be alone,

Even as the strings of a lute are alone though they
quiver with the same music.

Give your hearts, but not into each other's keeping.

For only the hand of Life can contain your hearts.

And stand together, yet not too near together:

For the pillars of the temple stand apart,

And the oak tree and the cypress grow not in each
other's shadow.