Ashley
in a month
she’ll be
what she
always wanted
to be
married
she turned 26
in July
and teaches
kids in the classroom
what they ought to know
when she was a little girl
she’d line up her dolls
on the couch
and pace in front of them
talking
telling them what to do
and they always listened to everything
she had to say
she had an amazing imagination
she could have been an actress
I could see her doing those Hallmark Christmas movies
but she’d rather have the real thing
to fall in love for real
to open her wedding gifts today
one step closer
to standing beside him
the love of her life
looking into his eyes
saying, “I do”
TL