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title: renewal of vows
description: a poem about true love
image: https://broomwatr.com/hubfs/Angel%20wing%20rose.png
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# renewal of vows

[Broomwatr](https://broomwatr.com/blog/author/broomwatr)

 December 2 2024

[Poetry](https://broomwatr.com/blog/tag/poetry), [existence](https://broomwatr.com/blog/tag/existence), [love](https://broomwatr.com/blog/tag/love)

i had a terrible thanksgiving holiday, ain't gonna lie. a standard procedure went wrong, and i ended up in the icu, requiring multiple blood transfusions. i am ok, the problem has resolved, but the experience is just beginning. i could wax poetic about everything that went through my mind, but its too much. i leave it to this simple poem about my partner, who clung to me as i clung to her through it. that's true love, the one who will sit with you when no one else can, when words fail us. we renewed our vows without saying a word, here is the poem that came out today about it, this one is like a spear headed straight for the sun for me, it warms me more as time passes.

-  
we renewed our vows in a hospital bed  
no wreaths were laid, no words were said  
as the world buzzed on, we just hung on  
our bond renewed, rebirthed in the song  
of mechanical beeps  
and silent weeping  
and a vow so strong  
it echoed through the dawn  
no flowers no kids no flasks for the guys  
not a person around dabbing their eyes  
no music no lights no turning of heads  
the circle spun on , still stuck in the treads  
but the threads, oh the threads  
as we wove our vows with shining eyes  
in a hospital bed  
in a hospital bed  
-

if you have a person like this, cling to them, and help them cling to you.

~b

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