Power of Two
(for Cindy on our 25
Wedding Anniversary)
Two-to-the-fifth years of both
weal and woe.
All of those wedding guests,
where did they go?
Thirty-two years ago: ring,
kiss, and vow.
Where is the face of that
company now?
Two for a honeymoon, four till
we moved;
Eight for adoption to double
our love.
Sixteen for schooling the
children God gave.
Thirty-two closer to rest in
the grave.
Doubling and doubling again
down the years.
Two, four, eight, sixteen,
each new power premiers
Doublings of joy, love, and
high adoration;
Growing by binary
multiplication.
Thus do our marital blessings
accrue,
Exponents, both, for the power
of two.
--Paul Erlandson, 2017
