“Soul Mates”

and then suddenly i met you
and fell for you
or, recognized, you
my Soul Mate

clearly there wasn’t even time to fall, and barely to meet
this is how we have always been
must be
and now, split in two then reunited,
we meet again
at once wildly ecstatic and yet calmly at ease
it is as if i have finally come home after being away for years

did you say this?
did i?
if we were the types to fight over credit
we would war incessantly for this one
but we aren’t that type
we are each other’s type
we are each other
we are

Soulmates. Married. In our private hearts. Forever.

i am so happy to be home.

[Nedim, March 2008]

“Yes!”

My soul shimmers with a new elegance, a sparkle, a rising up
To meet you, like waves stretching to kiss the moonbeams
Valleys rising to meet the mountains, or
an eagle soaring into the sunlight.

Nedim, all things by the law of the divine are more heavenly
when mingled;

Like: NicoleNedim
Like: Nicole and Nedim Sahin
Beloved: Let’s not wait any longer!
Dive into the glittering depths of my Soul
And Let Me Become You!

[Nicole, March 2008]

Our Ceremony

We are writing our ceremony from scratch! (Great fun!) Our aspiration is to evolve words and rites with no ‘traditional’ phrases or acts, yet every bit of the grace, love and elegance that tradition has accumulated and honed through the years.

Whether or not we reach that aspiration, the ceremony will be entirely our own, and we hope you will enjoy it as much!

We may update this page closer to May, with explanations and background of some of the motifs and emblems we have chosen.