Wedding Vows

Love is tough

Like a nine to five

Your hair looks good

Your dress looks fine

Lawfully wedded wife

To have and to hold

Until she gets a “headache”

Then I’m sleeping cold

Love is hard

Sacrifice the same

Of course I’d rather talk to you

Than sit and watch the game

In sickness and in health

Whether rich or poor

Another night of cuddling

Like so many before

Love love love

Just smile and agree

Let’s spend all day shopping

And buy nothing for me

From this day forward

‘Til death do us part

I’m not dead yet

But your cooking’s a start

Valentine’s in February

Anniversary in July

You get diamond earrings

I get another tie

But if asked again

I’d still say “I Do”

As none of this changes

How much I love you

Our love is so real

I could never be

Without me in love with you

And you in love with me

Shalandra Ross

Medical Student, Year 3

Third Place, Poetry