redemption

redemption
is more
than
the ransom paid
to free
the slave girl;
it is also
the dowry offered
to betroth
a veiled lover

i am bound
to Another
not by
gray chains,
but with a
gold ring

freed
and free,
i am bound

love
will always
eclipse justice

long comes
the wedding

long for
the night
when the
veil is removed
the marriage consummate
Your face the sun
mine the moon
my face obscured
without Yours ,
a gold ring
bound
freed
naked
free
bound

my Betrothed,
i am Yours
i will yet be Yours
yet
long









by Troy Cady