I Will Be

     Well, Rachel’s (my daughter) and Gregg’s wedding is but a week away….Time has been fleeting, and summer, a blur of colors, now waning…Has given way to ‘Bridal White’ and the new pallet from which all colors, henceforth, shall splash upon the canvas of their lives…To form a perfect masterpiece!

The following was written as lyrics for a song and was composed long before this wedding was imagined. Still, I hope the sentiments involved here will carry forth with them forever.

 

I Will Be

 If you’ll be, my one and only,

I will be, your rock.

I will be, the pillar that you lean on,

if down the aisle, with me you’ll walk.

 

If you’ll be, my one true love dear,

I will be, forever, by your side.

I will be, your shelter, in the storm,

if you, will be my bride.

 

If you’ll be, my life’s companion,

I will be, your love for life.

I will be, the fire that keeps you warm,

if you, will be my wife.

 

Yes, I will be, your rock, your pillar.

I will be, your shelter, in the storm.

I will be, the fire that keeps you warm,

if you, will marry me.

 

If you’ll be, my one and only,

I will be, your rock.

I will be, the pillar that you lean on,

if down the aisle, with me you’ll walk.

 

Yes, I will be, your rock, your pillar.

I will be, your shelter in the storm.

I will be, the fire that keeps you warm,

if you, will marry me.

 If you, will only marry me.

 

 Jack Downing

Oct. 2008