wedding day

By Emily Bovill

when i was seven

i knew i wanted a wedding

and by the age of eleven

i picked out my wedding song

i learned the lyrics in seconds

i danced alone in my room

imagining my future fiancé

i dreamed of him as

someone who made me feel like i was catching lightning

when i was thirteen i picked out the style of my dress

a white strapless ballgown with gems at the top

by fifteen i thought of places and guests

somewhere inside in case it rains

when i was seventeen i met you

and when you promised me to keep dancing wherever we went next

i knew finding you was a one in a million chance

and i know you didn’t fight for us long enough

to see this through

but i’ll always remember the feeling i got

when i believed the person i used to dream of when i was little

was you