I walked backwards 

Down love’s path 

To meet you 

 

I started with cold feet 

The day I asked you to marry me

Wading in a icy stream 

 

Gave you my vows 

Before I ever asked the question 

 

Lived our first dance 

A hundred times in our living room  

Before saying the word wedding

 

I wove ceremony 

Into every evening 

Long before 

Invitations were sent

 

 I loved you in sickness and health 

Without any promises

 

Now  

It doesn’t 

Feel

Like news 

It is my life’s story 

And

Perhaps

A chance 

That others might see 

Just how mightily 

I loved you 

As I ascended 

This path in reverse 

And you waited 

So patiently 

To meet me