Santos A Dream fulfilled The church itself was, in its singularity, utterly beautiful. Its facade, made of granite stone fashioned into the gothic designs of old was just breathtaking. And the aisle to the altar was littered with petals of different colors: crimson, rose, and velvet. I remembered the wish you said to me all those years back that you wanted to be married in this way, petals on the aisle, and of course everyone should wear a stark nature green, because you liked it so much, green. I liked it too, reminding me, reminding us, that this world was full of life, of remarkable life. All your dreams of having this simple house to raise our children, to watch them grow up and stay there together in love, in that unfailing embrace of sure and unending love. Such was your dream and so was mine. And that dream’s beginning was about to be fulfilled, now here in this church of celestial beauty. As I walked in, the atmosphere was just right. Everyone was greeting me and shaking my hand, everyone seemed happy to see me. I think I was rather early, but then again, I think everyone was early too. I proceeded to the altar, amidst everyone’s smile and the sheer joy of this great day. I placed myself in the place I was needed to stand and I waited. While waiting, everything that happened between us in the past suddenly flashed through my mind. Those 7 years of being together in each other’s arms, looking to the horizons of our future, the future we’ve dreamed about ever since we laid eyes upon each other, ever since being in love, ever since you and I made a promise to each other that we would never let go of one another. How sweet were those days, how sweet were those years. And now, you are here, in the church you and I imagined we would tie the knot in and make our vows unto the everlasting doors of eternal and faithful love. Indeed, the stars and the universe, indeed God has made this day one which will echo through the memories of all we love in life, of our own memories. And there you were, complete in your heavenly beauty, adorned with the brightest of jewels, dressed in the glistening white gown of splendor and majesty. You were beauty in its most perfect definition, in its most perfect form, in its most perfect manifestation, in its most perfect self. You walked down the aisle and I was there, anxious but happy, shivering yet calm, nervous yet filled with sheer excitement. I could see everyone crying as their tears rolled down their cheeks. Your mother, whom I loved like my own, caught my eye and there she was, in complete joy, finally seeing her most valued possession of a daughter now being handed over to the man of her heart. And then you took. . . . his arm, and I greeted the assembly, “We are gathered here today to celebrate a great celebration of love, a celebration of the purest reality in the world.” And I saw a drop of your tear, and then I knew you were happy, and there I felt that I was happy too, that you finally found the one you’ve been searching for, the one you’ve been longing for all your life. “I now pronounce you man and wife” were words I said not with regret but with love and affection both for you and your loving husband. Thanks be to God I was the one to be able to fulfill your dream of finding true and everlasting love. Mark Faculty of Philosophy, 2007
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