My first handfasting

The Handfasting

was when I went to a Scarborough moot for the first time.  This poem was written based on the events of that handfasting.  Was a beautiful ceremony.

The Handfasting

The man, the woman, together in love

Ask their Gods for blessings from up on above

The candles and incense, that wonderful scent

Burn on the altar to aid the event

The priestess calls corners, the witnesses aid

The candles all lit, a circle is made

Vows made to each other, to love from here on

The priestess asks blessings, their new life is born.

Their joining of hands, together they’re bound

By the priestess, who winds the scarf round and around.

The blessings are read, the couple now man and wife

We have food and drink and toast their new life

The elements here, have all played their part

To join these people, in mind and in heart

The spirits of Earth, Wind, Water and Fire

Have given this couple, their own hearts’ desire.

Freda Feb 2004