A POEM FOR YOUR WEDDING DAY

Like a faithful sentinel

I stood watch day after day,

Impatiently waiting for the sun

To run its course, to trip over itself,

To, at last, tumble backward over the horizon,

Giving way, of course, to the sky

To light my dreams, one by one,

Each and every night.

You were there in every dream,

Your luscious body next to me.

Sadly I awoke, day after day,

To the sun, the empty space next to me.

Once again,

I would rise from my dreams,

Impatiently stand watch,

Waiting for nightfall, so I could fall,

Fall in love with you again and again

Each and every night.

When I told a wise man,

My dreaming would soon be over,

He warned me

Of the darkness that would befall my soul

Should I no longer live in my dreams.

“Love does not exist in the light of day,”

He warned me.

“If you insist upon coming to your senses,

Love will only fade away, just like the stars.

“It is time, now,” he said,

To live in your dreams

Even when you are awake.”

And so, my love,

I am impatiently waiting for this day to end,

So we can join the sun,

Tripping over ourselves,

Tumbling backward over the horizon,

Giving way to the sky to light our dreams

Where we will live, together now,

Day after day,

Even when we are awake.