To My Daughter on Her Wedding Eve

Once upon a time
rock candy belly laughs
and  questions

What makes
tumbleweed fling itself
across a  painted desert?

Who placed
freckles on the
silver moon?

Why must
yellow jackets stings
hide in tender blossoms?

Do an orchard of deer
really sing
que sera sera in the tall grass?

Aladdin's lamp still shines
Is it too late to go back?
not if the genie  is with you

Make 3 wedding wishes today
all will come true
you stand  there

Radiant in a lavender dress
announcing you are  a princess,
no, a queen, both  beautiful and strong

Yet one who will still gladly count
the  freckles
on that same childhood moon

Or capture the stars
that fall this night
into your wine

Those who love  can suspend reality
replay time, this moment
those before,  those that follow

This very night you and your love
can decorate  the evening sky with
blue neon lights and wedding bands

Those who love you
hand you the  ladder
Begin