A Unique Wedding Ring
~~A Unique Wedding Ring~~
BRIDES have wedding rings so lovely,
in all colors, some with precious stones,
But you may not have mine, it's too
unique!
BRIDES really are their husband's sunshine,
in dresses traditional or new.
But I was married wearing a raincoat,
Love makes the vows, not the dress.
Eloping is an adventure, I would happily repeat.
We drove over two thousand miles to wed.
And it wasn't in the heat.
It was a raging blizzard in Chicagoland,
that January night.
I was leaving my dog behind, my friend
for many years.
He was jumping and yelping, and oh,
I could not hold back my tears.
He watched us pull away, he seemed
to be in fear.
I can still see his brown eyes shining,
And it still brings back warm tears.
The drive was long and treacherous,
The car broke down in the Great Divide.
I wondered if I had made the right decision.
But, we were on an our unstoppable love mission!
We finally reached our sunny destination.
I loved the Cable Cars, what a sensation!
San Francisco was then, a proud and great
city in this nation!
The weather, so very perfect, it was then
time to buy the ring.
We were not holding tons of cash, but
love To us, surpassed things so crass.
That ring with no stones or precious
metals, it really was absent of bling.
This bride's ring most unusual.
It cost a whole sixty seven cents,
and placed in a brown paper bag.
I could not wait to wear it!
Then in SF City Hall,once married,
that glorious moment!
When my husband slipped that ring
on my finger. How awesome!
Married to my king.
Decades have past, and my husband has
was taken with them.
And, I have lost and misplaced many things.
But that sixty-seven cent wedding ring never
gets lost.
Stores like F.W. Woolworth's maybe gone.
Replaced by big barn type stores and endless
chains.
But I'd rather have those small ones back!!
Life, for me, has become far too impersonal
and strange.
And so~ I can put on my ring, close my
eyes,
And see my husband..
No, not on the with his face posted to the
pasty glare of the internet, but reading poetry to me!
Seems I have come full circle. now!
Writing poetry, decades plus, after my marriage vows!
Thank you, my beloved wedding ring,
and to the poetic husband I once had.
We both understood there was more to life
than money and bling.
2/15/2020
7pm. PST
Repost of one on 4/2019 that many new poets or older piets have never seen.
Copyright © Panagiota Romios | Year Posted 2020
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