Forget the traditional for better, for worse, for richer, for poorer, because groom Alfonso Wells (a.k.a. Fonzo W ) took his wedding vows to the next level.

At his Haymarket, Virginia wedding in April, he performed a spoken-word poem for his bride Nicole, in which he talked about their 18-year love story with both sincerity and humor.

I was that fat little boy who used to sit next to her in class, he says in the video . And since adolescence my heart has been running. You would take my candy and run. You thought that was funny. I did that every week. Girl, I thought you were stunning. They asked me was I scared? I said nah. They said why? I said well, you only nervous when you aint sure about something.