"his future in her smile..."

he stands besides
his oldest friend
wondering
how did we get
here...

only yesterday she was
his sister's pal, the
girl with the
locker across the hall,
someone he could talk to
when it was
important,
laugh with when
no one else
thought it was
funny...

this place,
this day....flowers,
music,
vows and blessings...

these were the things
of movies and
other people's lives

these were not the
dreams of a boy who
slept with his
baseball glove...

or at least they weren't
until
her face
came into focus and
suddenly he
saw his future in
her smile

his heart is racing
towards
where she stands bathed in
lace and
light....

each step closer to
a dream he never imagined
and a
place within her
heart...

his hopes have
somehow become
hers,
his desires no longer
his...but
theirs...

then she is there
her hand
in his...the words
"i do"
are sweeter
than honey in his
mouth...

and when she
repeats them through
whispered tears
he knows
that
they've only
just begun
what
started before
he
even
knew it

a promise
fulfilled, a
dream come true...
in the
breath of
a
first
kiss as
his
wife