Yellow Wedding Homily

Yellow Wedding Homily by Nomi Whalen

NOW THERE IS NO RAIN,
FOR EACH OF YOU WILL BE SHELTER FOR THE OTHER.
NOW THERE IS NO COLD,
FOR EACH OF YOU WILL BE WARMTH FOR THE OTHER.
NOW, THERE IS NO LONELINESS,
FOR EACH OF YOU WILL BE COMPANION TO THE OTHER.
NOW, YOU ARE TWO PEOPLE
BUT, WITH ONE PATH BEFORE YOU.
GO NOW TO YOUR DWELLING
TO ENTER INTO THE DAYS OF YOUR LIVES TOGETHER
AND, MAY YOUR DAYS BE GOOD, AND LONG, UPON THE EARTH.

(From an Apache ceremony)

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