As I Wait at the Head of the Aisle

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Wedding Poems

As I wait at the head of the aisle

On Dad's arm, about to be wed,

I remember the light of your smile

In the days when I still was a child,

And you kissed me goodnight in my bed.

And I think, as I wait by the aisle,



Of an innocent world without guile,

An Eden where goodness is bred:

Lit by the light of your smile,



A place where one tarries awhile,

Sheltered from sorrow and dread.

I wait by the head of the aisle



With a gift that no years can defile,

A beauty no winter can shed.

And I walk in the light of your smile



To a life that was mine all the while,

And a love that is just as you said:

A love that waits down the aisle

For the warmth and the light of my smile.

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