She clutches stripped steams against her chest.
Roses?
No.
Lilies.
Have they always been her favourite flower?
I wonder now, when surely I should have known…
Surely, I should have…
She’s got her something old, her something new.
Now she’s his something borrowed,
and I’m her something blue.
Velvet silk lines her skin,
the smooth peaches and cream
that glows now in a way that I have never seen.
All these years… where have I been?
Where have I been?
She’s got her something old, her something new.
Now she’s his something borrowed,
and I’m her something blue.
There’s grace in her gleaming stride,
surely this cannot be the girl who tripped over her own shoes at age two?
I watch blue eyes dance
as she looks at him,
It’s that sparkle I recall
in the toddler who gave me her world.
She’s got her something old, her something new.
Now she’s his something borrowed,
and I’m her something blue.
It’s that sparkle I recall
that died the day
I said I couldn’t stay.
She’s got her something old, her something new.
Now she’s his something borrowed,
and I’m her something blue.
He sees the woman she is today,
but
I see the baby I gave away
long before her wedding day.
Author notes
It’s from the perspective of an absentee father at his daughter’s wedding. He’s watching this beautiful woman he doesn’t even recognize walk down the aisle and he’s wondering how he could have let her childhood slip away…
My own father left when I was six. I’m nearly 18 now, and like every girl I’ve dreamed about my big day… I just wonder what my father will think at my wedding day, or if he’ll even be there to “give me away”.
I know it’s a little pessimistic compared to some of the other beautiful entries in this contest, I just hope that it’s okay.
Sorry for the ridiculously long author’s note and thank you to anyone who actually bothered to read the whole thing!
A contest entry
- Any Wedding by Shancy Fayre.
500 points, ended March 10, 2008, 13 entries
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Comments
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This is beautiful, sad, but beautiful. I appreciated the fact that you could write from other's perspective i think you did a great job on that!
well done!
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I love this! It is a bit sad, but you speak the truth! I wonder what my birth father will say if I ever find him. But I had a wonderful step-father and miss him terribly. It will work out in the end for you I am sure!
Best of luck in this contest!!!
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I like the concept of this poem. Thank you for entering my contest and good luck. Shancy.
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He'll be there, even if the lottery need be won in order to pay for his ticket! And he'll be thinking all those things, I think. He'll have his regrets, but at the same time be proud and in awe of who you are. And you'll have the perfect day.
And it wasn't that much to read!
Amazing poem, very heartfelt, and used the saying really well. Hope you do well in the contest!
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