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without music (Free verse) by Limness
I heard this at a wedding once:
'a beautiful boy asked me to dance
and a beautiful girl took him away'
my own wedding was small, informal, quiet
and we had no dancing, but two cakes instead
three years later, we forgot about talking
(as we had forgotten the music)
and I was alone
and he was alone
and we were alone together
still, without dancing or children
and only 2 windows in our home
no beautiful woman came
but he is really gone
I will not lay blame
my sisters are not as old as me
without husbands, we three
attend the weddings of friends
and sometimes dance
but I have never had a conversation
like those which passed without words between us,
who forgot the unspoken
who married without music
and parted in silence
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