| The first course of our marriage feast was served On paper plates. Over the chips and dip You watched me watching you. At last I nerved Myself to speak ... and so began a trip That took us both beyond the wildest dreams We dared imagine possible before Good fortune crossed our paths that night. It seems Uncouth and selfish now to ask for more, When here we find ourselves so richly blessed — With lovely children, health, a happy home — These twenty-four years after we first kissed. But put aside what has already come To us, and steel your soul with mine to pray: That we, two dozen years hence, shall discover Despite the ups and downs, and come what may, The best was yet to be, O Friend and Lover! |
TopicPoetry - 2002-02-14
(correlates: Hot and Sour, HappyNuptials, HarrietNowellSmith, ...)