You know we're pretty partial to a short and sweet ceremony reading around here, and today's offering, is just that. Let Me Put It This Way by Simon Armitage is one of those beautiful poems that sums up both the mundanity and the magic of married life. Written by the award-winning British poet, it's funny and light (we've all seen that Friends episode with the hug and roll!), yet entirely sincere and so universal, making it a no-brainer addition for your wedding readings.

Let Me Put It This Way by Simon Armitage

Let me put it this way:

if you came to lay

your sleeping head

against my arm or sleeve,

and if my arm went dead,

or if I had to take my leave

at midnight, I should rather

cleave it from the joint or seam

than make a scene

or bring you round.

There,

how does that sound?

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