Wedding Reflections

Last weekend, while I was in Pennsylvania visiting my family, we were able to pull off a shower for my sister. She's getting married in August. Since she knew that we'd have the shower during my visit (and because she's super smart), I didn't think we'd be able to surprise her. And she didn't either! An hour before the shower she told her fiancé that we wouldn't be able to trick her. But we did! And had a great time!

The wedding preparations remind me of this poem I wrote several years ago. 

Wedding Reception

Lavender petals

    strewn across the ballroom floor


Deluge of light-

startling couples from their oblivious embraces.

  

Lingering,

then beginning to stream

    underneath the exit signs



Until there's only me and you...



Alone.

Whirling, Twirling,

beneath the disco ball

Lost in this eternal spell.



I'm working on a longer post about "Crushes" as promised, which is why I haven't posted much recently. Hopefully I'll finish it this week.


 

Exercise

Why I don't exercise:

Treadmills were invented in 1822 as a punishment for prisoners!

Cherishing Carefree

Written August 9, 2001

Soaring past speed limit signs along route 80

Stretching towards the Lycoming mall



We three, momentarily oblivious to our heartaches.



Hair tangled by the fingers of the wind,



Throats raw from belting "Strawberry Wine,"

    A song we were too naïve to understand

    Only longing to be held under a 'hot July Moon'

while we were still seventeen.

Heads thrown back,

    Creases beside our eyes,   

    Our guts sore from shaking,

    As reflections on our past renew our faith in laughter.



This, this is a day to capture in the glass jar of precious memories.

Stored away for a lifetime.