PostPoems Be Artistic. Be Creative. Be Inspired!

WELL LADY, YOU ARE ALL GROWN UP AND MARRIED

I AM SO HAPPY THAT I COULD BE THERE FOR THE EVENT

BUT I HAVE TO BE HONEST, I DON'T THINK I KNEW WHAT TO EXPECT

I HAD TOLD MY SWEETIE IN A JOKING FASHION

FASTEN YOUR SEAT BELT AND HANG ON FOR THE RIDE

A WEIRD LOOK TOOK OVER HIS FACE AND HE ASKED

WELL, RENEE' HOW WILD CAN IT GET

AND BEING ME I JUST LAUGHED AND SAID

YOU NEVER REALLY KNOW WITH THIS FAMILY

LITTLE DID I KNOW THAT THE RIDE WOULD BE UNBELIEVEABLE TO EVEN ME

SABRINA YOU MADE A BEAUTIFUL BRIDE EVEN WITH THE WORRIES THAT WERE ON YOUR MIND

YOU MADE US ALL PROUD, YOU SHOWED THE GRACE AND STRENGTH

FOUND IN MANY OF THE WOMEN OF THIS FAMILY OF OURS

YOUR MOM AND DAD SHOULD BE PROUD OF THE YOUNG WOMAN YOU HAVE BECOME

YOU AMAZE ME WITH THE ENERGY YOU FIND, IT MUST COME FROM THE COLVINS

YOU NOR YOUR MOM EVER SEEM TO GROW TIRED, THE LAST FEW YEARS HAVE BEEN

I MUST SAY ANYTHING BUT KIND TO OUR FAMILY, IF WE THINK BACK THROUGH THE YEARS

IT SEEMS THAT IT COMES IN STAGES HITTING ONE FAMILY REALLY HARD BUT ALWAYS ATTACKING MAM-MAW

THEN IT WAITS DORMENT FOR SEVERAL YEARS THEN LIKE A THIEF IN THE NIGHT BACK AGAIN TO CUT AWAY ONCE AGAIN

SOMETHING THAT WE TREASURE AND LOVE, STARTED WITH OUR GRANDFATHER, HIS LOSS IS STILL FELT

THEN OUR GREAT GRANDMOTHER, SHE WAS WHAT SOME MIGHT CALL A BACK BONE OF SORTS FOR US

THEN IT STARTED AGAIN STRIKING SEVERAL OTHER MEMBERS OF OUR CLAN OF FOLKS

THEN IT WAS MY TURN TO STEP UP TO THE PLATE, I NEED NOT TELL YOU OF ALL PEOPLE

THE PAIN, THE SCARY TIMES IN THE DARK OF NIGHT WHEN OUT OF THE BLUE YOU START TO THINK ABOUT THAT DAY

THE TEARS COME LIKE HOT LAVA SPEWING FROM AN ERUPTING VOLCANO

THE THOUGHT OF LOSING MY MOM WAS SUCH A SHOCK FOR YEARS IT WAS JUST SHE AND I

AGAINST THE WORLD UNTIL WE MET MY DAD MILLARD WE DECIDED TO MARRY HIM GOOD CHOICE I THINK

I MISS HER SO MUCH SOMETIMES IT BREAKS MY HEART ALL OVER AGAIN

THE LAST SEVERAL YEARS MY HEART HAS BEEN SO HEAVY WITH PAIN AND CONFUSION AS TO WHY IT IS

THAT YOUR DAD, MY UNCLE SPUD, HAS TO ENDURE THE THINGS HE HAS BEEN FACED WITH

I TEND TO THINK THAT SOMEONE IS TO LEARN SOMETHING FROM ALL THIS

MANY NIGHTS I HAVE LAID AWAKE AND TRIED TO FIND MY LESSON IN THIS

I JUST HAD TO FIND SOMETHING THAT WOULD LET YOU KNOW JUST WHAT A BEAUTIFUL PERSON YOU ARE

AND TO ME THERE WAS JUST NO BETTER GIFT THAN THIS IT IS MY WAY OF LETTING YOU KNOW

NO MATTER WHERE I MIGHT BE IN THIS WORLD IF YOU SHOULD EVER NEED ME

ALL YOU HAVE TO DO IS LET ME KNOW AND I WILL BE THERE IN A FLASH

YOU HAVE CERTAINLY ALWAYS BEEN THERE FOR ME WHEN I NEEDED SOMEONE

I GUESS WHAT I AM REALLY TRYING TO SAY IS SABRINA I LOVE YOU WITH ALL MY HEART

YOU HANG IN THERE I PROMISE THINGS WILL GET BETTER JUST SAY A PRAYER AND HAVE FAITH