First Anniversary

Your soul awakens

Her to love she hadn’t known

As days filled a year.

First kiss as husband and wife. Photo by Clarice Bell, Don’s sister and matron of honor. The Plumas House, Reno, Nevada. Saturday, 12 October 2013.

Thirty Years

Promise thirty years

So that she knows you won’t leave.

Comfort, joy, and peace.

Disguised as caring –

“Marry a cash register” –

You give your advice.

Cherry Hill Park, Falls Church, Virginia – Friday, 21 October 2011

Joy dissipates fog

Of age for mother whose girl

Is about to wed.