In Chota Nagpur and Bengal <br />the betrothed are tied with threads to <br />mango trees, they marry the trees <br />as well as one another, and <br />the two trees marry each other. <br />Could we do that some time with oaks <br />or beeches? This gossamer we <br />hold each other with, this web <br />of love and habit is not enough. <br />In mistrust of heavier ties, <br />I would like tree-siblings for us, <br />standing together somewhere, two <br />trees married with us, lightly, their <br />fingers barely touching in sleep, <br />our threads invisible but holding.<br /><br />William Morris Meredith Jr.<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/tree-marriage/
