The Wedding Shirt

Because there may be no tomorrow
This will be our wedding night
And you will wear a wedding shirt
We have had no time for marriage
As the world around has betrayed us

Standing before me in a haze of light
You look perfect in a veil of cotton
It's as if I have been given an angel
So come to our bed of love
Before the war starts again tomorrow

Reviews

[Fabian G. Franklin]

Get love while you can; eat, drink and be merry for tomorrow we all may perish...that sort of thing, eh? I'd advise my daughter to hold out and if he returns from battle he'll have won her hand and heart by valor. If not, she can die with her virtue in tact and won't be stuck raising a child on her own. My oldest waited until she was thirty to get married. By that time she had traveled half the globe and enjoyed her youth. But she eventually married a good man and gave me three beautiful grandchildren. He actually called me and asked for her hand which I thought most honorable.

[Lathen Griffiths]

‘Before the war starts again tomorrow’
Great line and an interesting poem.

[Pauline]

Carp diem. We only have now. No time to waste for who knows if there will be a tomorrow solely because the powers that be want to play god.
Much enjoyed.

Pauline.

[Helen Crutchett]

Very nice done indeed. I loved its "old world" feel. ~Helena~

[Nisreen]

This is quite beautiful
I wonder if that meant more than just a poem

[BL]

I was inspired to write and got the idea for this from a scene from a book

[Wild Rose]

Yes it was a bit like that then (WWII)

[Kay Salisu Titilola]

Looking at this piece from my point of view, I think it's talking to me in a particular dimension that seems like a critical advice.
It's ringing in my head and sounding in my heart that I have to seize every opportunity that I ever come across.
No wasting of time, no tardiness because that kind of chance may never come again.
Secondly, it's telling me that I have to do the right thing at the right time and never to procrastinate. No one ever know what encompasses tomorrow.

What a wonderful writing is this piece! Crying clear and loud to those who have ear.

Thanks for sharing this, Leigh.

[Abhishek Izy]

Loved the open ended interpretation of this piece. There's a character in there which feels very real

[alanwgraham]

You have written an age old story of going off to war and leaving a loved one behind never knowing if you will return. There is no time for a wedding but you words make it a special night together. My wifes grandfather went off to D Day and left a baby that he would never see.
Your poem shows how its the everyman that suffers.
Well done Leigh!
Alan

[Pete]

good write. very clever. reminds me of, “Let us eat and drink, for tomorrow we die.” hope it's not a shotgun wedding ... :)

[Roger Turgeon]

If Spanish Civil War then perhaps "cannonballs start again" to set the period. Sad we have to take time out of war to make time for love.