A poem I read at Rozzie & Steve's wedding, 25 March 2017
Quamby Estate, Tasmania, Australia.
We, unaccustomed to courage
Exiles from delight
Live coiled in shells of loneliness
Until love leaves its high holy temple
And comes into our sight
To liberate us into life
Love arrives
And in its train come ecstasies
Old memories of pleasure
Ancient histories of pain
Yet if we are bold
Love strikes away the chains of fear
From our souls
We are weaned from our timidity
In the flush of love's light
We dare be brave
And suddenly we see
That love costs all we are
And will ever be
Yet it is only love
Which sets us free
- Maya Angelou
