Morning Rising

      The sun so shining bright awakes me to a new light, I rise and am eager to please it

      I rise to the joy of angry classmates who tease me every chance they get

      I rise to the joy they will never fill in my life as I am who I am and choose to be none the less

     They mock me for not having the hippest style but I don't care for I am me and no label can define me

     My heart beats with hate for them but its suddenly subdued by the morning rising sun and the birds singing

     I envision what my life will be as time goes by and those who taunt me shall see that in the end envy and hate consumes you.

   I shall rise as I'am strong and full of love even for those I use to hate in the morining rising I shall shine by my sucess and my failure but I shall be lead by my own will to succeed

                                                        Today

Today I take your hand and join you in a union that we both understand

Today will be a joyous day unlike none we ever planned

Let the words of our unionism shine bright like the gold bands we place on each others ring finger as woman and man

Today will be a joyous day for this we have planned

Let the love we share linger in the mouths of every witness to this union

Let the vision of our union stand for the debts of time

Today is the day that you and I become a partnership as husband and wife

Today is the day that you and I stand hand in hand as time shall plan where our journeys lead us together.

Today and for always as husband and wife

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