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After the Ever AfterFeb 14 '05 Write an essay on this topic.
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The Bottom Line So many love stories end with a supposed "happily ever after". I'm choosing to view that as the beginning, not as an end unto itself.
After the Ever After (for Christine, my soon-to-be-bride, which scares and excites me all at once) Come take a look with me Come part the veil and turn the page And get a peek into your wildest of dreams This is what you've always wanted And I'm standing here beside you and I'm haunted By these promises and cheers, kisses and tears Just one word describes it - "Finally" And some would say to drink in deep 'Cause this will be the best day of all our years And as the music cues and credits roll, I'm thinking It's not the end 'Cause our story doesn't have to climax here But what if the morning light Doesn't quite portray you right When you're not wearing white? And what if this suit and tie Are not always my style And you find them buried in a pile? And what if ever after goes And turns our poetry to prose? Even then, would you know that I still love you? Of course I do. Just take a breath with me Just squeeze my hand and dive in deep And what began as two will soon emerge as three This is what you've always wanted The day to which your clock has always counted A fragile moment half past you and half past me Just one word describes it - "Family" And some will note the tendency Of parenthood to turn the sane to the absurd But through this childlike wonder We will learn the world anew And we will speak a language of wide eyes and nonsense words But what if those midnight tears Turn from music to our ears Into never-ending headaches? And what if silly childhood mistakes Keep us frantic and awake To deliberate 'til daybreak? And what if ever after shows Itself to be more thorns than rose? Even then, would you know that I still love you? Of course I do. This is for the days when I don't remember This is so I recall why I gave you this ring This is for the times when you burn with passion This is for the moments you're not feeling anything This is for the summers when we own the whole wide world This is for the months when ends don't meet so well This is for the years spent in our home sweet home This is for the weeks when it's a prison cell And there's no one I'd rather be bound to through it all I say this now so you'll never have to wonder What God weaves together for ever after and beyond Let foolish hearts like ours never tear asunder Never tear asunder Now I won't expect disaster I plan to celebrate our ever after But even when we'd rather not, I'll stick around A love beyond just the flavor of the day That's what I'll pray for us That we'll find joy whenever happy lets us down Whatever ever after brings, I'll stay And each day recall the vow I made to you "I do." (Copyright 2005 by David Martin)  |
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