Kingston Church July 23rd 1999

For you who choose to commit

yourselves to one another

we seek appropriate words to fit

this singular day like which no other

of your days can ever be.

The words that come to mind

like wish, and love, of course,

and hope, are kindly, ordinary

words, which struggle to express

the thoughts which like behind.

Yet they are deeply meant

and we wish you deeply well.

So before this year is spent

fulfilment may you find

and serenity in life.

Many of us know, Paul and Tess

what you both have given and give

and why as man and wife

you both deserve no less

than more than common happiness

in the years you have to live.

©Terry Hodgson2025