Inside Out Wedding Poem

Posted by Alison Pothier on June 13, 2010 · 1 Comment 

It was the morning of my sister’s wedding. I was due to be speaking but I still didn’t know what I would say. I had flown in from London with all the time in the world to prepare, and yet no words to say what I needed. We had 30 minutes before dressing and departing for the day, and I sat in a tiny room hidden away from the hustle of family preparations. I looked out the window, and asked for help. Afterall, I was the only one in the family divorced and this would be the first time I would be speaking up since that time. What advice did I have to give to a couple arriving in their moment? I looked out the window as the sun was coming up over the hills and the words began to flow from my pen:

“The sun comes up, your wedding day, and I search my heart to find

the words that are of a different gift, one of a lasting kind.

You make a vow to today be true, to love and laugh together,

but with best intent, no malcontent, we come across some stormy weather.

So you’ll need some tools to guide your sails the right way from today,

a compass point, an anchor, a light to show the way.

For when the horizon overwhelms or fills you up with doubt,

don’t look for your tools from the outside in, look from the inside out.

From the inside out there’s clarity, you can see with the inner eye.

You can use the lungs within to breathe a deeper sigh.

From the inside out the inner voice speaks the vow with which you start,

and there you’ll find encouragement nestled deep within your heart.

Because from the inside out the compass faces a different pole.

From the inside out the compass points to your inner soul.

When the soul is given voice it is armour against the weather

and you can protect against the storms,

rise up, and stand together.”

by A Pothier

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