...they work a wonder Nature cannot do...

How Nature Plays At Wedding

By Robert King


How Nature plays at wedding: she’s consumed

by matchmaking bees; by moon and stars that dance

with Earth; by continents that, every chance,

collide, just trying to unite, but doomed

to birth mere hills and ridges. She can’t wear

the wedding gown, or ring. She’s not a she

to meet a man and mate. She can’t agree,

dispute, apologise, or fear, or dare

as wedded couples do. A star stays true

to course by gravity, but spouses stay

by weight of choice; together every day

they work a wonder Nature cannot do:

this touch of hands moves more than rock or hill;

this touch of lips moves mind and heart and will.