Exclamation Point

The landmark was given the name "Exclamation Point," and indeed it became the most exciting place I'd ever known! The "parentheses" between us shone of sun "dashes" splashing on the "comma" aquamarine. My fashion "square bracket" charms swayed like my body stayed in Mark's trustworthy arms. Our eyes simultaneously met the first "asterisk" set in the sky, shining brightly. "Make a wish," he whispered softly, "and close your eyes tightly." When I opened my eyes, he was down on one knee! The "question Mark" asked next was actually my silent request! He pulled the "asterisk" from the sky, and lovestruck eye to eye, he gently slid it on my consenting finger. Then suddenly swans graced the stage like a princess rescue in a storybook page. We agreed to continue our courtship that day the "semicolon"ial biblical way. How difficult it was that magical night, amidst the "ellipsis" Little Dipper kite, but we wanted to honor our great Creator. A longing "period" of three months later, down a driftwood isle along the same sand our "carets" met "ampersand" hand-in-hand. 4/19/19