To Dong And Jamila Poem by RIC BASTASA

Soon you will be joined
As one
This marriage of two worlds
Apart
Extreme worlds
Moslem and Christian
Beyond religion
Beyond culture
Beyond what your families
Prohibit
Your love must be true
Tested against time
As both of you shall say
Yes, I do
The man now takes this woman
As his wife

Back then to the free world of love
There will be no differences
Or if there be any
Your love shall provide the patch
Her love shall provide the needle and the threads
And both of you shall sew
What was torn with
Such tender and loving hands.