Ode to A Royal Wedding

We gathered, we dined, we may have even wined.

We snacked and we yakked

Then out came the books--photos from our weddings way back in time

Before we were friends...and when we had waistlines

We decorated hats or at least we tried

and left little doubt why a tradition has died

Some left, some stayed

Some dozed--a few snored

And then the alarms implored.

We oohed, we ahhhed

We poked a little fun

We smiled

And remembered the day of our own wedding fun

They smiled and they promised

but obey was omitted

Prayers were read and songs were sung

They processed and we waited for the anticipated kiss (would it be short or would it be long?)

A first, then a second

Then the party inside beckoned

We sighed as we gathered our thoughts and our things

Back to our castles and our own would-be kings