Marcos Mendosa: A Poem For My Future Fiancée

Marcos Mendosa, a hopeless romantic and spoken word artist, recites a beautiful wedding proposal he wrote while still single.

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00:00I wrote the proposal of what I would say to the one when I met her and that

00:06proposal went like this you are perhaps the most magnificent creation to ever

00:14exist on our planet the word beautiful although often used to describe you it

00:18just doesn't do you justice gorgeous divine fascinating and courageous suits

00:23you much better you are these labels and many more it is because of you that life

00:28exists it is because of you the beloved women in our lives that men know where

00:34to look to search for examples of strength resilience and grace it is

00:38because of you that children know the feeling of being nurtured now to those

00:43of you that are wondering how to identify these women in your life know

00:46this you see them every day all around you you probably call her mom you

00:55probably know her as one of your sisters you've probably acknowledged her

01:00as one of your best friends she is she is she is bold brave and outspoken she

01:07wears her heart on her sleeve unafraid to bear it all she is wrong she is a

01:12warrior goddess that exudes intelligence and infinite possibility she is

01:16perfectly imperfect a genuine source of expression and creativity she is brave

01:21elegant and electric she is strong she is a fighter that will fight for what

01:25she believes in she is caring compassionate saucy and sexy she is

01:30disciplined and contained yet powerfully free she is my equal and there is

01:34nothing in this world that can ever justify her being any less than I she is

01:38relearning all the ways that she forgot how to empower herself she is a student

01:43a friend and a lady she is an unshakable force of love she knows the depths of

01:47weakness and therefore she is strength she is her own foundation of abundance

01:51she is anything that she desires to be she is a force of fierceness when she

01:56has to protect herself and all that she loves and empowers the women that

02:00consider her leader and she shines as bright as the stars that light up our

02:04night skies she is the source of her own legacy she is when she chooses to be she

02:12is love laughter and liberty when I met her I stood on one knee I said to her you

02:20were the most magnificent creation to ever exist on our planet will you marry

02:26and she said yes thank you

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