My gift to Tin and Mookie on their wedding: "I wish your young love sweet joy"
*** I wish your young love sweet joy* For Ma. Christine Antonette and Mark Partrick 1.25.2014 I wish your young love will grow like a raton planted in a potent soil, Or will thrive like cut canes inches above the ground. I wish your growing love will mature like newly cut cane turned into molasses; Or will be purified like the crystal white sugar. I wish your maturing love will survive like a cane standing despite the slashing, Or will triumph like a cane shooting despite the burning. Above all, I wish your surviving love will nourish each other like sugar bits compacted into cube, And will flourish like sugar giving sweet joy to a home in every way. *copyright 2014 by Gerlie M. Uy