i could promise to hold you and to cherish you
i could promise to be there in sickness and in health
i could say till dead do us part
but i won't
those vows are for optimistic couples
the ones full of hope
and i do not stand here on my weading day,
optimistic or full of hope
i am not optimistic
i am not hopeful
but i am sure
i am steady
and i know
i am a heart man
i take them apart
put them back together
i hold them in my hands
i am a heart man
so this
i am sure
you are my partner
my lover
my very best friend
my heart,
my heart beats for you
and on this day
the day of our wedding
i promise you this,
i promise you
to lay my heart in the palm of your hands
i promise you
-----me