Rachel and Alex - star-gazers who fell in love.

While I was living in the US, I was fortunate enough to make some friends who were very much into the amateur stargazing scene. They really kindled an interest in me in the stars, galaxies and amazing cosmological things that surround our world. I only had the chance to go out with Rachel and Alex a few times to actually stargaze but it was a fantastic experience.

Their wedding featured a number of readings and speeches from different family members and friends, but Alex worked with me to put together the following poem for Rachel.




A Hundred Facets

A hundred facets of fiery brilliance
effortless to your being

Like glittering stardust,
diamonds borne on solar winds
reflecting the light of creation
as they tumble through galaxies innumerable

With but a spark of the light inside you
a prismatic spray of a colour is born
a rolling wave washing over my eyes
bathing me in myriad images
each a reflection, a refraction
a moment of your innermost being

I am taken like driftwood
floating on the sea of your light
until the edge is found

The fall is willing.
Into the brilliant splendour
your heart of fire offers up



The galactic theme speaks for itself here I think, but there is a second focus. Both Rachel and Alex picked the same style of engagement ring featuring a Heart of Fire diamond, which has a hundred facets rather than the usual sixty six cut into other diamonds. Alex and I decided that it couldn't be left out and I think it tied the piece together nicely.


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Mike and Elise's wedding

Mike and Elise are friends I met through scuba diving and they were on holiday diving off Sipidan Island, Malaysia when Mike proposed underwater. Elise suspected it was coming on the trip but she told me later that she didn't expect it to happen actually during a dive.


Sipidan Water Village, Sipidan Malaysia




Infinite Eyes


In that charged bond,
Lit with the sparks of unvoiced volumes,
I found an honesty

Conveyed with looks both of fleeting nothing
And of deepest meaning
Was a truth

The strands of fate weave unknowable patterns
Yet for that frozen instant in time
There was peace and love,
Thoughts of what could be,
Blossoming happy futures


In the infinite chances of this universe
I saw your infinite eyes
And my heart rejoiced.



Elise told me that she felt like she'd seen a spark in Mike's eyes when they first started the dive and that somehow it touched her differently. She thought it was the tropical paradise letting her mind go free, but I think it was more that wonderful anticipation when you know that love is about to make the next leap. In any case, Elise gave me a bit of guidance and I put together the reading you see above. It went down a treat.


I hope you enjoyed reading this piece as I really enjoyed writing it. Definitely one of my favourites.

Peter


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Carla and Steven's wedding in Maryland

Here is a piece I did for two very good friends of mine, Carla and Steven. I spoke to Steve during the build up to their wedding day and he told me that he really wanted to write something for Carla that showed both how he felt and tied into the experiences they'd had since they first met. He had his mother read it out to Carla in front of their family and guests during the ceremony. I recall seeing a few happy tears from the bride as she listened and Steve was very pleased with how it came out.

Just as an advance note. I never claim the credit for these pieces when it comes time for them to be read. As far as I'm concerned, I am just putting words to the feelings that my friends and clients have. I'm here to help make your day really special, not to try and get in the limelight :-)


Note, this isn't the actual wedding as I don't post pictures unless specifically given permission, but this garden is where the ceremony was held.



To my love

It’s a wonderful feeling when you find a best friend then fall in love with them. You laugh, cry, fight, make up, talk about everything, talk about nothing and there is love and friendship.

You go through the good times of fun, laughter, joy, food, drink, and there is love and friendship.

You go through tears, loss, sadness and hard times, and still there is love and friendship.

You talk with your own private language. Sometimes it’s with words, real or the fanciful creations of your collective minds. Those silly endearments that would leave a stranger confused but, like a familiar blanket, wrap your heart in warmth or curve your lips into a grin.

A look, a private smile, the touch of a finger, the comfort of a hug or the soft press of lips. It all comes together in that dizzying whirl of time in company that you never tire of keeping.

I write this for someone who does all this and more.

For someone who wags a finger from under the bundle of morning covers.

For someone who turned out oaky and dry.

Someone I would travel four thousand miles with.

Someone I love…

…just as they are.


Just to clue you in, both of had discovered a shared love of wine tasting and Steve told me about the time, several months into their tasting, that Carla mistakenly announced to him that she (not her taste in wine) was now oaky and dry, which made them both laugh. They also did a big road trip across the States, hence the four thousand miles.

The ending line comes from the film Bridget Jones' Diary, which the couple had watched together and really enjoyed. They decided that line really suited them and how they felt.

I hope you enjoyed reading this piece.

Peter

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