What do you ask of me today?

And what can I ask of you?

Mostly I just want you near me

To do what you normally do.

But I also need to ask your help

To fulfil my long held dream,

My search to find fulfillment,

To resist the flow down stream.

Stand with me when I’m uncertain.

Help me to choose where to stand.

Encourage my grandiose efforts.

Pass hope through the touch of your hand.

Be near when the drought dries my courage.

In case I believe I can’t cope.

Stand by when the bushfires scorch me

Or floodwaters drown my last hope.

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Share my renewal each sunrise.

Enter my forest of dreams.

Open each new oyster with me.

Cheer for the pearl in its seams.

Give me your hand and your hoping.

I’ll give you my future and self.

In joy and in sorrow I promise.

My loving through sickness and health.

Ask what you will my beloved.

I give myself freely to you.

Yours, for both richer and poorer,

And herewith, my pledge, to be true.

© Jim Boswell - June 2003