A slightly shortened version of Dust by Harry Baker. We loved the laid back love story of this poem and Nick our videographer used it perfectly in our wedding video. Read by Will, friend of the couple
Dust by Harry Baker
Its not the flowers, its the weeding in the mud with you
It’s not the champagne it’s that cuppa in that favourite mug you use
It’s knowing anything I eat will include some for you
Because you’re not hungry but might just have a couple spoons
It’s not the dreaming, it’s the waking up with you,
I want to be here long enough to gather dust with you
Its knowing if it came to it and I had option to
I would not change a single thing of what I’ve got with you
For us love isn’t in the air, that’s just where we found it
All this is built upon what we have done to ground it
It’s not the spark when we first met
It is the lifetime built around it
It’s by small amounts, that mounds and mounds like mountains
I need not justify or adjust of fear that I’m judged by you
Such is the glorious consistency of loving you
My hearts not skipped a beat
It just constantly thuds for you
Such is the everyday magnificence of loving you
It’s not something we fell into, so much as stumbled through
It’s the spectacular normality of loving you
It’s not the dreaming
It’s the waking up with you
I want to be here long enough to gather dust with you <3
For the second reading, as we we’re getting married in church, it needed to be a religious reading. We have both heard Corinthians at many weddings over the years, so tried hard to find something different. Alex’s mum read Romans 12:9-16
Let love be sincere; hate what is evil, hold on to what is good;
love one another with mutual affection; anticipate one another in showing honor.
Do not grow slack in zeal, be fervent in spirit, serve the Lord.
Rejoice in hope, endure in affliction, persevere in prayer.
Rejoice with those who rejoice, weep with those who weep.
Do not repay anyone evil for evil; be concerned for what is noble in the sight of all.
If possible, on your part, live at peace with all.
Beloved, do not look for revenge. Rather, “if your enemy is hungry, feed him; if he is thirsty, give him something to drink;
Do not be conquered by evil but conquer evil with good.