The Wedding Dress A poem by Sue Ellson I bought the dress a long time ago When days were long and life was slow I found it again the other day In a box outside all hidden away When I bought that dress I had hopes and dreams Of a happy life Beside glistening streams Of marriage Of children Of grand children too Of family Of work And skies so blue But over time That dream faded away The life I wanted It simply never came So as I ponder what to do With that dress so crisp that still looks like new I remember that young sweet hopeful girl And my lips begin to smile with a curl She is still right there inside of me Longing for love that wasn’t to be Her life didn’t turn out quite the way she had planned But she found some other things that were even more grand Resilience Respect Reward Reminders That life is so much more Than what’s behind one door A myriad of moments A mashup of madness A mixture of melancholy A mending of misgiving So whilst the life I dreamt Never actually happened The life I’ve lived Has been well captained I’ve weathered the storm I’ve surfed the waves I’ve drifted in silence On those calmer days We are not promised smooth sailing But we can master the breeze We can rely on our friends On those rough stormy seas More... https://sueellson.com/blog/the-wedding-dress #poem #poetry #sueellsonpoem #weddingdresspoem https://sueellson.com/poems