My Beautiful Bride

My beautiful bride,

Come my way,

Let me love you

And hold you.

Let me listen to your mumbles

And swallow them whole,

Let us swear that from now on

We won’t leave each other once.

Let me tell the whole world

Just how much you mean to me —

Let them know

Just how strong our love can be.

I want to lift the veil from your eyes

To look at them just once

And glimpse our future.

I want to hold your hand.

I want to kiss you once

And feel your warmth.

But let me love you twice as much

When the world grows quiet,

When it is only us

Standing in the soft glow

Of our shared tomorrow.

Come closer, darling —

Let me trace constellations

Along your skin,

Let me carve your smile

Into the story of my life.

Let us walk together

Through gardens of silver dusk,

Through halls lit by candlelight,

Through every season

The years will give us.

Let our love grow roots

Deep and old,

Twisting through decades

Until it becomes

Our own enchanted forest.

Stay with me

When the clock strikes twelve —

Do not run,

Do not lose your shoes.

Let me dance with you

In a world that doesn’t end

When midnight comes.

Let us be the fairytale

Children whisper about

When they dream

Of a love that never dies —

A love that blooms

Even when hair turns silver,

Even when hands tremble softly,

Even when time tries

To pull us apart.

For I will choose you

In every lifetime,

In every story,

On every page

Of the book we write

With our breath,

Our tears,

Our forever.

My beautiful bride,

Come my way —

And let us live the kind of love

That even eternity

Stops to watch.

By Onnaya