RDP Tuesday: Honeymoon

 

I should have been braver, I should have told the truth

on my wedding day.

 

When I got married I should have worn black,

I should have held my wedding at midnight and served

blood red wine to all of my guests

instead of light and bubbly champagne.

 

To top off this traditional day straight from  a bridal magazine

I got my hair and nails done, I wore a

pretty ivory dress , I smiled a lot. I smiled until my face hurt.

 

And then just before we said our vows

a woman driving by the Church had a seizure and crashed her car

into a telephone pole in the Church’s parking lot.

There were police cars and an ambulance, a firetruck and they

were all wailing like wounded beasts.

 

To this day I think to myself,

someone was telling me I should have told the truth

about who I was on my wedding day instead of spinning a tale

that was nothing close to the truth

in a Church of all places, on my wedding day.