epithalamium
for RD & SD • 15.x.22
S–—–, R—–, if you knew
The surface of a placid lake
When subtle autumn breezes make
It dance and leap, you’d know the same
My joy to see the two of you
As one and at the same time plunge
To deeper waters than that lap
Upon the shallow shifting sands
Of mere acquaintanceship and chance
Encounter; and, that shore undone
By wave on wave of choice and care,
Resurface at the center of
An ever–outward rippling Love,
That like the wind–swept spray above
It dances, shimmering, in the air.