TENDER SUMMER MAY.

an ivory mind

and the touch of tulle ;

tender summer May,

when everything changed.

where i mumbled "is that me?"

to a reflection dressed in white,

fingers tracing anxious florals

on fabric never worn.

i knew who I was now,

but not who I would be this afternoon.

who was the woman

i'd dreamt of, but never met.

( not formally, anyway,

but she visited my dreams

many a time! )

and i knew you,

sweet autumn eyes,

would find me in this moment

in frozen what-could-bes.

booklets of words

we meant and always said

felt heavier in the mouth

pounded at the teeth

begging to be spoken,

once more

with different taste.

i always knew i loved you,

but not as much as i did

in that tender summer May.

where i sputtered "is that you?"

when i saw you standing there,

a knight on the stone steps

of a kingdom meant for us.

you held me, and you knew

that despite who i would be

it would never change who i was

to you.

every word felt more true,

and every gaze a thief in time,

where you gifted me your name

and i never felt more elegantly dressed.

so here we,

sweet autumn eyes

a crown on our fingers 

linked back to this

and when i watched her die

under pearls and primp,

i took her place

and came alive.

 

Author's Note

Yes, the poem photo is in fact, one of my wedding photos.

Reviews

[petec3638]

I never thought about a wedding like that
The lady dresses in all her finery white dress > All her friends are invited
You attend as a miss >??? go through a rigmarole
At the end you are no longer miss

You are now Mrs something or other
That now sign your name as Mrs

You also share your life with that person
You share everything now your your bed
your body
your whole being

[Ms claws]

What a beautiful, beautiful mystery! Here's my translation:
TENDER SUMMER MAY. The author is gazing at a wedding picture of her beloved's widow, contemplating what her own life would be like had she married him instead. She discusses with herself and then with her beloved to be, and the intended actually comes to be. I love this! You are so able to project thought and words into FEELINGS. A great POET! Thanks for posting!

[DIVYA]

This is such a beautiful poem...As if a beautiful dream that opens into a blessed, grounded reality. The concluding line is awesome to contemplate.