Why Marriage?

Why Marriage? 
Because I want the whole world to know, 
that we have found each other.
That the search that drives me out of bed each morning, 
through floods of heartaches, sorrows and pain, 
can have an end.
There will still be heartaches, sorrows and pain, 
But now I have someone to share them with.

Why Marriage? 
Because I know that from now on, 
we will not always be the vision of loveliness we are today.
I might be less than perfect, you might be, the housemate from hell.
So I want that thread of hope and promise, that binds us together, 
to keep my love tethered until storms departs.

I know that love is not something you can build a wall around, 
something that you can fence in, and guard.
Love is a butterfly, which constantly flies towards the light, 
and when a gust should blow our love of course, 
I want our marriage to be the solid candle that burns brightest.

Marriage is my declaration of commitment, 
and my hope to grow old with the one I love.
The one, I can no longer imagine life without.
The one, with whom I want to share a smile, 
and in that smile say a hundred years of shared memories.
Someone whose arms will never tire, 
if they are around me.

I want, all that went before, to be considered waiting.
Waiting for the fates to drive us together.
I want the time we spent together, outside marriage, 
to be the time we built and tested our relationship, 
and now fully proven we move forward.