Ceremony readings for second marriages

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We’re familiar with planning second marriages in these parts (our own Megan is doing it right now!), and let me tell you, it’s not easy finding wedding readings for second marriages. Maybe it’s feeling like you have to downplay it and thus avoiding it in the ceremony? But acknowledging that this isn’t your first rodeo in the marriage game is nothing to hide and something to celebrate. You found love again and you’re ready to party about it!

Let’s find you some awesome readings, wedding poems, and romantic song lyrics for your second marriage.

Feel free to dig into our readings archives to find more (and less specific) weddings readings for your ceremony. And check out our full second marriage archive for advice and tips for getting on that saddle again.

Mouthful of Forevers by Clementine von Radics

I am not the first person you loved.
You are not the first person I looked at
with a mouthful of forevers. We
have both known loss like the sharp edges
of a knife. We have both lived with lips
more scar tissue than skin. Our love came
unannounced in the middle of the night.
Our love came when we’d given up
on asking love to come. I think
that has to be part
of its miracle.

This is how we heal.
I will kiss you like forgiveness. You
will hold me like I’m hope. Our arms
will bandage and we will press promises
between us like flowers in a book.
I will write sonnets to the salt of sweat
on your skin. I will write novels to the scar
of your nose. I will write a dictionary
of all the words I have used trying
to describe the way it feels to have finally,
finally found you.

And I will not be afraid
of your scars.

I know sometimes
it’s still hard to let me see you
in all your cracked perfection,
but please know:
whether it’s the days you burn
more brilliant than the sun
or the nights you collapse into my lap
your body broken into a thousand questions,
you are the most beautiful thing I’ve ever seen.
I will love you when you are a still day.
I will love you when you are a hurricane.

Wishes On Second Marriage by Shishir

Life has given you this new chance.
Your positive thoughts now must enhance.
It’s time to be more responsible.
Progress only then will be possible.
It’s the result of your past good deeds.
Remove from your life all useless weeds.
A good life partner will give you courage.
Success will be at your door throughout the ages.
She will enlarge your beautiful family,
And the boat of your life will sail very easily.
My good wishes will always be with you,
And happiness will come in a break-less queue.

Songs about second love

“The Second Time Around” by Sammy Cahn and Jimmy Van (sung by Frank Sinatra)

Love is lovelier the second time around
Just as wonderful with both feet on the ground
It’s that second time you hear your love song sung
Makes you think perhaps that love, like youth, is wasted on the young

Love’s more comfortable the second time you fall
Like a friendly home the second time you call
Who can say what brought us to this miracle we’ve found?
There are those who’ll bet love comes but once, and yet
I’m oh, so glad we met the second time around

Who can say what brought us to this miracle we’ve found?
There are those who’ll bet love comes but once, and yet
I’m oh, so glad we met the second time around

“Scars And All” by Jeff Carson

I was living hard and fast
Running from my past
On the day that I ran into you
Life had taken its toll
I was staggered by the blows
I’d been through all I could go through

There was scars on my heart
Where love had left its mark
Wounds that I still carried from the fall
Oh but your love built a bridge
Where I’d put up a wall
And you loved me scars and all

With so many flaws
I still wondered what you saw
That made you believe in me
I was no one’s hero
Didn’t even come close
But you saw something no one else could see

There was scars on my heart
Where love had left its mark
Wounds that I still carried from the fall
Oh, but your love built a bridge
Where I’d put up a wall
And you loved me scars and all

You loved me scars and all

“I’d Love To Be Your Last” by Gretchen Wilson

If I had it my way, this would be the first time
That I made love
And I would be the first girl that your hands touched
But we’ve both done our share of livin’
Taking chances we’ve been given
I’ve never been too big on looking back
I don’t care if I’m your first love,
But I’d love to be your last

If I could do it over I’d have waited for this moment
So I could give my heart to you unbroken
But if our mistakes brought us together
Does it really matter whether
We were saints or sinners in the past?
I don’t care if I’m your first love,
But I’d love to be your last

All I know is what I see when I look at you
And what I see when I look at you
And all I see is what I’m feeling down inside
And all I’m feeling is this feeling
That I’ve finally got it right
When I wake up tomorrow I’m gonna wrap my arms around you
And thank my lucky stars I found you
Cause I know your heart has so much more than anyone has
Touched before, and nothing matter more to me than that
I don’t care if I’m your first love,
But I’d love to be your last

If you’re marrying the same person again!

Second Time Love by Joyce Hemsley

Falling in love with you again,
Calling in dreams, for one sweet kiss,
Strolling along down “memory” lane,
Rolling on waves of magical bliss.

Evening is here, the rain has gone,
Gleaming stars cluster high above,
Leaving soon, for a new honeymoon,
Believing in “second time love.”