The guests surround me now, <br />Here, on this special day. <br />The priest prays his litany, <br />Tradition of long years. <br />I wear white, <br />Innocent of worldly knowing, <br />And at my feet, <br />Breathes the fuel of my desire. <br /> <br />He shall arrive, <br />My lover, <br />Carried above the heads, <br />Bright and burning as the sun. <br />His hungry embrace <br />I eagerly await <br />Though it be before all <br />And God.<br /><br />Charles Darnell<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/the-marriage-of-jeanne-d-arc/
