For Allyson and Justin on their Wedding Day
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| (Photo Credit: Blake Owen) |
Love is a bar; oh, not just any bar
Love is Buddy’s, where
these two first met
It’s a place to refresh, unwind, revive and reset
It’s a slide-by or dig-in, easy, happy kind of space
It’s a bear-hug embrace
From your people,
your friends
Love is a good ol’ watering hole,
That well you return to again and again
Love’s also a busy kitchen
All simmer and sizzle, stir, drip and drizzle
It’s herbs snipped out back; tomatoes freshly plucked
It’s a Sunday gravy and meatballs; it’s oysters, roasted ‘n
shucked
It’s a dash of salt, a lemon squeeze, a pinch ‘o sweet, a kick
o’ heat
Love is whipping up meals, messes and magic – going way off-recipe
Love’s where we nourish and season; where
we feed and we feast
Love is a deck, a patio, a porch, screened in or wide-open
It’s stories told under twinkle lights and all our dreams
collecting
It’s hearts and minds breezily, easily and Oh! so deeply connecting
Love is an outdoor room, draped in fern and flower
Where we sink into chairs, let go our cares,
Shake out our souls and take in the air
Love is an ocean, waves crashing the shore
It’s an umbrella’s shade, a good book, an exchange of lore
It’s surf-boogie-skim boarding ‘til you’re sunburned and salt-chapped
It’s bathing suits matching, drip-castle smashin’, fish and crab
catching
It’s a week-long card game, a puzzle, sandwiches and songs by
request
It’s wrapped in blankets, watching shooting stars up in the
crow’s nest
Love is a beach-trip adventure, a mix of wilderness and
wildness
And maybe (just maybe) a little bit of rest
Love is a vehicle, a vessel, every mode of transportation
Carrying us forward, moving us along ‘twixt trial and
tribulation
It’s her hot wheels
and his truck and trailer, loaded with game and gear
It’s windows down, tunes cranked, getting lost and found, far and
near
Yes, love is all these
places you go, but love is also right here
Love is where YOU are;
it’s who you are; love is what y’all do
Just look at
her, Wiggins. Look at him, Weazie.
Love is right here; all you have to do is: show up
Show up for each other
Each day – every day – forever
Rain or shine (or hurricane)
Love is right here