The little boy who was the ring bearer at the wedding got my complete attention
Have you ever thought what it would be like to be three foot or four Where your head didn't come up to the knob on the door And your parents told you, you were part of your uncles wedding But you didn't know where this adventure was heading. You had to get up and stay clean all day In a white shirt and new pants you wanted to toss away You had to walk to the music and hold a pillow with rings No kid would ever want to do these things Everyone around was a larger person than you If you looked straight ahead, it was a terrible view It wasn't until you got to the stage That those holding on would finally disengage. Who in the audience kept coaching from their chair It was your Mom of course, and she wanted you there So you ran over to her to listen and fulfill Then back to the stage to try to stand still But that wasn't the worst that could happen that day There were so many things that the preacher had to say He kept going on about love and such I just think he talked, a little too much He had a big smile and never looked at me But I guess he was talking to the others he could see. Finally my uncle kissed his bride and walked away It was almost the end of this boring day. Now I could run and play with the others No one paid attention, especially the mothers It was over for now and the party had started. I got back to normal when they finally departed.
This book represents a thirty-day period of my poetry journal. Each poem addresses
the dominant thoughts occupying my mind during the early morning hours of a given
day.
From First Love to its destructive end and on to new beginnings, Mary Angela Nangini's poems explore the birth and death of a relationship. The powerful poems are presented in two parts with an introduction to her next book My Ontario Beautiful. (Th