suitable wedding poem- terminal illness

[PanannyPanoo]

Has any one got any ideas on something suitable to be read at a wedding when one of the couple has a critical illness

The Colour of My Love

David Foster and Arthur Janov

I'll paint a sun to warm your heart
Knowing that we'll never part.
I'll draw the years all passing by
So much to learn, so much to try.

I'll paint my mood in a shadow blue,
Paint my soul to be with you.
I'll sketch your lips in shaded tones,
Draw your mouth to my own.

I'll trace a hand to wipe your tears
And trace a look to calm your fears.
A silhouette of dark and light
To hold each other oh so tight.

I'll paint the stars in the evening sky,
Draw the light into your eyes,
A touch of love, a touch of grace,
To softly fall on your moonlit face.

And with this ring our lives will start,
Let nothing keep our love apart.
I'll take your hand to hold in mine,
And be together through all time.

I love this poem, another of my favourites

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Had I the heavens' embroidered cloths
Enwrought with golden and silver light,
The blue and the dim and the dark cloths
Of night and light and the half-light,
I would spread the cloths under your feet:
But I, being poor, have only my dreams;
I have spread my dreams under your feet;
Tread softly because you tread on my dreams.

I know I’m a bit late to this thread but in case anyone is searching subsequently for the same thing, please feel free to use this, which I wrote for my bestie who died 5 months after marrying her beloved. She asked me to compose something from her to him, as a gift on their wedding day and he wanted it included in her Eulogy too.

Four Footprints

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Walk in my shadow. I’ll shelter you I’ll be your umbrella; your windbreak too When skies overhead are fierce and grey We’ll stand fast and face what comes our way And when the clouds pass, let me be your shade from the burning sun I am I unafraid of all that life may throw at us And that, my darling, is simply because I love you You are all to me I love you We are meant to be With you by my side, hand in hand, We’ll make four footprints in the sand And if, one day, there are only two Well..... That’ll be because I’ll be carrying you.

©LC2019