(In Dedication to the Late Monte I. Fateen)


Will you take this journey with me? by Baheerah J. Fateen


As the vows are said and the oaths are read On the solemn ground we now tread Will you take this journey with me? With joy, pain, hardship and strain We will go out to face life


Together as husband and wife


Hand and hand, our hearts and spirits will land To withstand the fears


And face the challenges of the years Being steadfast


Not knowing how long the journey together would last. As we look back on the past


and remember how we look on the tiny faces of our children when they were babies


As they lay on the tiny cradle-like places and cramped spaces And again when they are grown and gone with children of their own.


As we journey on in time Not knowing what we would find


With the tus that bind the people the places the frowns and smiles As we traveled the miles and unwritten files and piles of words Both good and bad, some even sad, but all sorted out by time Will you take this journey with me?


Who knew at the beginning of the journey what we would find, Happiness, sadness, or peace of mind


Like a fleeting burst of time


in that dreaded day of this journy we find no more time to plan, no more places to see the journey together is over. when we stand or is layed what will the one of us say


when in the presence of our family and friends and other next of kin


not knowing how long our journey together would last it went away too fast as time past I reflect and say


I am happy we chose each other to take this journey together as husband and wife


through happiness and joy, sadness and pain, even strife and know this is the essence of life.


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