The Poetry Bus - Do You Take This Man...?

I'm late for the Poetry Bus, the very Poetry Bus I'm hosting on behalf of Don't Feed the Pixies (who is BACK, by the way).

The challenge was to write something that could be read at a non-religious wedding - and it should not give the reader instant diabetes with its sugariness.

For the original challenge and everybody else's pomes go here.

Only Human

I am only human.

And there will be times

When I’ve been stubborn,

When I’ve been stupid,

When I’ve not been kind,

When you will wish

You had not braved the thorns,

Stormed the castle and kissed me awake.

You are only human

And there will be times

When you’ve not been patient,

When you’ve not listened,

When you’ve been thoughtless,

When I will wish

I had not seen that frog on the lily-pad

And kissed him into a prince.

We are only human

Living a real life, not a fairy tale.

We are only human

Not Frog-prince and Sleeping Beauty.

We are only human,

And, happy ever after or not,

Fairy tales have endings.

Our love does not.