27/06/2026
Love is the river.
Marriage is the shore.
One taught my heart
how to fall without fear
the other taught how to return,
again and again,
to the same shore.
You did not arrive
like a storm
to change my world.
You came
like dawn
so quietly
I only realized
the darkness had gone
when everything
began to bloom.
The years will borrow
the color from our hair,
the softness from our skin,
and the swiftness from our steps.
But they will never steal
the way your name
still sounds like home
inside my soul.
For I have learned
that forever
is not measured
by the number of years
we spend together.
Forever is hidden
in the way
your hand still reaches for mine
without thinking,
as though it has forgotten
where it ends
and where I begin.
And if, in another lifetime,
the stars were scattered
and every path rewritten,
I would still recognize you
not by your face,
nor by your voice,
but by the quiet feeling
that every flower
turns toward the sun.
Because my soul
has always known
which way
to bloom.
Gown BOND
Bride Grace Tan
Photographed BOQUERØNÅFEIRA
