At Rest

Woke up in your arms today
A new person
Something I've never been before
A wife

My mind slowly drifts
Remembering you
In your beautiful suit
With your enchanting words

Crystal blue eyes
That followed every movement
Lips that kissed every feeling
Linguistically

Five minutes
In front of our world
Speaking our hearts
As though tomorrow might not come

No boundaries
No shame
No embarrassment
Just raw, untethered love

Bouquets tossed
Garter retrieved
Glasses raised
Such merriment under the stars

Dancing into the night
Laughing with family and friends
Life
Never before seemed so grand

Now
Here
In the morning light
My eyes have once again
Fallen on happiness

The open road is calling
Winds whisper
California
Though I hate to wake a sleeping angel

One more adventure
Before Mother Earth
Calls me back to her bosom
A lost child found

Miles of reminiscing
Hours of silent appreciation
Days of animalistic longing
Our final road trip

No crying children
Only smiling faces
Absorbing every moment left
As we tread this path towards friendship

San Fransisco
Only 200 miles to go
Tiger and lion
Together one last time

Years of memories
Squeezed into days
Hoping they'll last
Forever

Painting, writing
Laughing, crying
Silent longing
Unrelenting guilt

It has all
Never meant so much
Those last moments
Slaying regret

Though I may never
Reach the shores
Of continents
That haunt my dreams

Or know the sting
Of rejection
Publishers
Then critics

Change can still come
From what I've left behind
My ambition infecting all
Who have come to know me

Final days
With friends, family
Love
Laughter

Nothing
Could have made me feel
More complete
And at rest....