[I wrote this a long time ago]
[OK, so the story goes like this, the night before my wedding I was still trying, rather desperately to write my vows. I was sitting in my Dads study with Weapon X and Chauk staring at a blank screen. The clock was ticking and early the next morning was the ceremony. You'll notice that "drawing a blank" was written in the vows. That was an old trick of mine to break writers block. Needless to say it worked and the vows before you were read to the guests.
I always viewed wedding vows as an oath. You swear before God and the guests which are family/friends as well as the foreign kid of what you intend to do. I was a young kid with nothing about to marry the object of my desire. I think I wanted to show her what I was worth. I like to think that I upheld my oaths but that would be like debating who fired "the shot heard round the world". Point in being is that I attempted to live up to it till that fateful day.
Anyway a lot of people liked my vows and its a literary work from yours truly, therefore I submit them for your enjoyment.]
drawing a blank
I don't have much to give
I don't know if I can ever buy you a car or house
I don't know if I'll ever be able to buy you diamonds or jewels
I don't know if I'll ever be able to buy you all the things that other people believe to make them wealthy
But I will give you this in exchange for your love
I will love you, forever will you be beautiful in my eyes
I will love our children, forever will they be my pride
I will never hurt you, Forever will be my shame
I will never hurt our children, forever will be my pain
I will never betray you, forever will be my dishonor
I will never betray our children, forever will be my guilt
Somethings are not worth fighting for, but you and our children are.
God in his wisdom has created me imperfect and I have told you this. being with you makes me want to strive for perfection and for you I will do this. I only ask patience for my quest continues in this life
I want you to know that I am willing to cross the spans of time to be there for you and our children
open the past, the present and the future, that all I've got and I'm giving it to you...
[early fall of 2006 the Roman Catholic Church released me from the above vows.]
