1,000 Candles in the Window
There was a candle in the window when I came home
The steady glow cutting insistent into the early morning night
Your light, a ribbon across time,
waxed into the letters amassed between us
So, save a dance for me, my love,
on my wedding day
Me in cream with red lace
You in purple with shoulders bared
We'll scandalize them all, twin skirts rustling
Lay our letters underfoot,
leave heel prints on the backbone of words
Kick off shoes so lines mud-seep between
painted toes
On the wedding cake, I'll light a candle for you
When I hold my daughter for the first time,
place a taper in the window
1,000 lights for a 1,000 lifetimes,
a history written in wax, in words
Whatever comes next, whoever comes last,
you came first
and you came carrying light
The steady glow cutting insistent into the early morning night
Your light, a ribbon across time,
waxed into the letters amassed between us
So, save a dance for me, my love,
on my wedding day
Me in cream with red lace
You in purple with shoulders bared
We'll scandalize them all, twin skirts rustling
Lay our letters underfoot,
leave heel prints on the backbone of words
Kick off shoes so lines mud-seep between
painted toes
On the wedding cake, I'll light a candle for you
When I hold my daughter for the first time,
place a taper in the window
1,000 lights for a 1,000 lifetimes,
a history written in wax, in words
Whatever comes next, whoever comes last,
you came first
and you came carrying light
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