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To A Young
Bride
You are so young
In your long white
gown
Cradling your pink and white
roses
Pearls dripping from your
ears
Stars shining in your
eyes.
The candles flicker
Making your smooth skin glow in golden
tones
As you recite your
vows
And pledge your love and
faithfulness
Until the day you die.
Do you have any idea
Of what will happen in these coming
years?
Your thoughts are on the new
towels
Packed safely away in your Hope
Chest
And of those dishes that Aunt Louise
bought you
The ones with the roses on
them.
You dream of babies with their powdery
scent
And their sweet babbling
sounds.
Do you know that the towels will one day
be threadbare
And that those dishes will break, one by
one
Until there are no roses
left?
Do you know that those babies will
cry
All through the night, creating
shadows
And dark circles under your
eyes
Marring your smooth, young alabaster
skin?
As you pledge your love and devotion in
the candlelight
With those stars shining in your
eyes,
Do you know what love
is?
Do you realize that stars twinkle and fade
away, leaving
nothing
 
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