for Rachel and Dorell
The way a grow dome allows
the life inside it to flourish,
so may your marriage hold you.
Not so you become one, exactly
but beautifully, connectedly,
symbiotically, wondrously two—
a closed-loop system in which
you continuously support each other.
May your union offer warmth
when the world is cold,
offer space in which you thrive
both together and alone.
May you be each other’s gardeners
with hands tender, strong and true.
And when all around you is hostile
and harsh, may your love
ongoingly root and grow,
bloom and reseed and renew.