Nuptial Vow Poem by Tony Adah

A nuptial vow
Is tenable in
The extreme of conditions
In the wearisome
Circumstance of need
As in the untiring times of bounty

A wife is not
A piece of ware at Harrod's,
Who would treat
His wife like a
Piece of sculpture
Silent and tossed
In the living room?

Faith and loyalty
Lubricants that endure
Foibles on both sides
Leads their way to Xanadu
Where subsequent
Honeymoons blossom
And bliss abound

A wife and a husband
Twosome like a snail and its shell
Silent in synergy
Bringing truce to wars
For they are
The nucleus of the world.

And a vow for both
Be equal made
Where neither weak
Nor strong prevail
That in which loyalty endures
Even to the grave.