Rath de Cion (October 2003)
May no harm touch neither home nor hearth,
And Great Light to you remain gleaming.
Where angels stand at your right,
While joys here are teeming.
Here there may be trials,
Where days seem rimed with shadow.
But to your heart no fear, to truth it may revere—
Clinging, through all, to love, even through sorrow.
A blessing from the King of Plenty—
To love and peace of years, come twenty times twenty.
For smiling and laughter in your eyes,
From the day of whence you marry.
Here there may be trials,
Where days seem rimed with shadow.
But to your heart no fear, to truth it may revere—
Clinging, through all, to love, even through sorrow.
May every day be as the first,
Filled and fresh like a rain-touched field.
May the brightest of suns warm your back
And never dry your throat to thirst.
May the road rise to meet you all your days
With God’s affection beside you.
With the Father’s love,
Amen.
Detailed Description
This is a special poem I wrote for one of my best friends, for her wedding. It borrows heavily from traditional, Romantic era poetry and even includes a few verses that are based on an old Irish blessing. The finished product of this consisted of my printing it out; burning the edges of the paper with a lighter, thus giving it an “old” feeling; and framing it.
The title means “fortress of affection” in Irish Gaelic. At least, that is what I hope it means; otherwise, I’ve been a total dolt.
Tagged under love, poetry, relationships, romance, spirituality
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