Love is poetry – a sharing of self in the most meaningful way. Jenell+Sidney had both love and poetry on their wedding day – and a lot of each. Besides an amazing poem that Jenell recited to Sidney (made me cry – not joking) they started their ceremony with a reading of “Resignation” by Nikki Giovanni. Here’s part of that poem:
I love you
because I don’t want it
any other way.
I am helpless
in my love for you
It makes me so happy
to hear you call my name
I am amazed you can resist
locking me in an echo chamber
where your voice reverberates
through the four walls
sending me into spasmatic ecstasy
I love you
because it’s been so good
for so long
that if I didn’t love you
I’d have to be born again
and that is not a theological statement.
Thank you Jenell+Sidney for letting me be a witness some the verses that are now part of your poem together!
And if you’d like to help Jenell+Sidney in a little stanza, write your own little poem (or just a simple comment) below. 75 combined comments below will earn them $75 in print credit.
