I was a 22 year-old bride.
No father to walk me down the isle, instead I held the arm of my groom's friend.
Most of the ceremony was insignificant; not my dream wedding. I did not have a dream of a wedding.
Father of the bride is a big image. Tears come from Mother with pride. Fathers support the nervous bride. This is the symbol giving a daughter to a man who will love and take care of his daughter. My family adjusted without a father. This wedding could not be an adjustment.
I can't remember why the wedding was so important. Was I in love? Possibility of a family? Possibility of a man wanting me?
I should have been shaking. I should have hesitated with the thought of eternal love. Marriage was a one time bond. I should have had a groom that took me as his family.
I lay here, in this box wondering. Bride in a white dress, candelabras flanking the pastors pulpet. Maybe all the flowers in a wedding are significant. At the end of the Brides lifespan she awaits between candelabras, flowers and a new stage of existence. Eternal life.
No father to walk me down the isle, instead I held the arm of my groom's friend.
Most of the ceremony was insignificant; not my dream wedding. I did not have a dream of a wedding.
Father of the bride is a big image. Tears come from Mother with pride. Fathers support the nervous bride. This is the symbol giving a daughter to a man who will love and take care of his daughter. My family adjusted without a father. This wedding could not be an adjustment.
I can't remember why the wedding was so important. Was I in love? Possibility of a family? Possibility of a man wanting me?
I should have been shaking. I should have hesitated with the thought of eternal love. Marriage was a one time bond. I should have had a groom that took me as his family.
I lay here, in this box wondering. Bride in a white dress, candelabras flanking the pastors pulpet. Maybe all the flowers in a wedding are significant. At the end of the Brides lifespan she awaits between candelabras, flowers and a new stage of existence. Eternal life.
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