The roads and gutters flood
not with rain
but tears
crying in your wedding dress
tearing your hair out
The churchyard freezes over
not with winter
but with the pain
of pulling off that ring
screaming your lungs out
You wore that dress for sixteen hours
you wore it too long
you wore it when you arrived
and you wore it when you woke up
the next morning
I wore my invisible jacket
my invisible trousers
my invisible smile
all day
on our wedding day
The prototype for this event
the blueprint of this heart-ache
is etched so deeply in me
there was no other way it could be
on our wedding day
I was walking, drunk, stumbling
you were crying in your wedding dress
I was gone, I was never really there
you were crying in your wedding dress
I was broke for any feeling
you were broke for any hope
crying in your wedding dress
on our wedding day…
[2008]
Thanks for reading.
The Lighthouse 