Gift of the Lake

This is aunt Jenny

after she has had

too mnay drikns.

She always partied

a little too hard

and was a spirit

that could not be tamed.

This is a weight limit

of the docks

that one too many

bridesmaids ignored

greeting them into the

icy waters below.

In their grey dresses

three-inch heels,

and the bride and

groom fighting

to stay afloat

on their special day.

This is moments

after she caught

the bouquet

and got help

after a young man

clad in white and black

came to her rescue.

And eventually

the myth of the bouquet

and the gift of the lake.

Brought them back.

Together.

One dressed in white.

the other sporting in black.