One sits and reads a novel and  
one stands outside the door 
one listens to her beating heart 
and one wants that heart more 
one shakes the silence all away 
and one wants to renew  
so join us on this blessed day 
when one and one are two 

one stands up on the aisle 
and releases her father's hand 
one watches her with love 
between a woman and a man 
and as they exchange vows 
and both proclaim "I do" 
we rejoice and lend our voice 
now that one and one are two 

--Kevin Quigley