Borrowed Dress Wedding

A borrowed dress wedding
turned an August night
into forty five years.

We beat the odds every time
life bet against gold bands.

Love might sound pretty
in a bed of roses, but dandelions
can grow when the path is full of stones.

©Susie Clevenger 2015

NaPoWriMo ~ Day 22

Real Toads ~ The Perfect Love Poem

Comments

Hannah said…
Amazing...I love the opening and the odds, too...expressed well in your closing. Beautiful, Susie!
April 22, 2015 at 7:35 PM
Rosemary Nissen-Wade said…
Marriage is the great adventure, and the dandelions can be just as beautiful as the roses, as well as hardier and more useful!
April 22, 2015 at 8:21 PM
Sherry Blue Sky said…
Fantastic. I love the hardiness of dandelions and the pluck and love it takes to rock it for 45 years.
April 22, 2015 at 9:09 PM
Other Mary said…
The best kind of love. Congrats on 45 years.
April 22, 2015 at 9:56 PM
brudberg said…
What a delightful when love can thrive as dandelions. Perfect like everlasting love.
April 22, 2015 at 11:45 PM
Vandana Sharma said…
Love needs nutrition of love only even if in minuscule quantity.
April 22, 2015 at 11:56 PM
rallentanda said…
Loved this.The best love survives in dandelions and stones. Very insightful response.
April 23, 2015 at 3:00 AM
Gillena Cox said…
ahh yes quite a gamble, this love/marriage equation

nice write

much love...
April 23, 2015 at 4:04 AM
Debi Swim said…
Beautiful thoughts Susie. Marriage with muscle!
April 23, 2015 at 4:39 AM
grapeling said…
really like that last verse, Susie ~
April 23, 2015 at 5:02 AM
Outlawyer said…
Lovely, Susie, and congratulations! k.
April 23, 2015 at 6:07 AM
Fireblossom said…
I love dandies. And this.
April 23, 2015 at 9:52 AM
Kerry O'Connor said…
A true love indeed! Your comparison is beautifully expressed, Susie.
April 23, 2015 at 1:37 PM
ayala said…
True love! Congrats!
April 23, 2015 at 2:56 PM
Jim said…
Love it, Susie. It rings of ours, 42 now.
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April 23, 2015 at 5:01 PM
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