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Written: March 27, 2022
A Wedding Sonnet
To those true cultivators of Zhen Shen Ren,*
There is no common form we cannot take:
The vows of love said by the finest men
Know of no finer sound than what we make.
We know the greatest love flows as a spring
Does from the Heavens, pouring out with force;
Its harmony’s a song that all can sing
With words straight from compassion’s mighty source.
We know the faith that keeps a love as strong
As walls of stone unmoved by storms that flood
The world and often threaten right with wrong.
We know that we are more than flesh and blood;
And so no matter how life’s cuts may scar
Our love shines brighter than the brightest star.
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Zhen Shen Ren: Truth, Compassion, and Forbearance (the three main principles of Falun Dafa)
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Evan Mantyk teaches literature and history in New York and is President of the Society of Classical Poets.