Saturday, June 5, 2010

To Jana and Chris on Their Wedding Day







Like Gilbert Blythe



And Anne with an “E,”



Your love developed



But it did so slowly.





As children you played,



You sang and you made



Beautiful music



Then went separate ways.





As friends and composers



You did collaborate.



Writing songs for other weddings,



For other friends



Who’d found their mates.





Watching your collaboration



Others made the observation



That your best consideration



Would be a firm foundation



Built on each other’s love.





But like Gilbert Blythe



And Anne with an “E”



You could not see



The forest for the tree.





All the while you were praying



With this hope in view,



That the wedding songs you’d written



Would one day be sung for you.





Then out of the blue



You knew it was true,



That Gilbert Blythe



And Anne with an “E”



Actually were a portrait



Of you and of me.





This sudden realization



Caused a growing new sensation.



That the answer to your prayer



Was not way off somewhere.



But in the friendship that you’d nurtured.



And in the hopes and dreams you share.





Some people say that love is blind.



Others say true love is hard to find.



While scoffers claim it’s only in fables.



But like Gilbert Blythe



And Anne of Green Gables,



You finally found the love of your life.



Not far away, at Green Gable’s farms



But close to home,



In each other’s arms.





June 5, 2010







©2010 Don Detrick


3 comments:

Dennina said...

Very sweet, Don. All heaven is smiling!!! Those of us on Earth are too. :-)

Dennina said...

Very sweet, Don. All of heaven is smiling. (Those of us on Earth are smiling too.)

Dennina said...

Very sweet, Don. All of heaven is smiling. (Those of us on Earth are smiling too.)