By Wendiann Alfieri
The day comes and I’m dressed in white
Holding on to my ripped suit tight
As I walk down the aisle in the candle light
They surround the pews in this church
They arrived as they heard the hearse
No one else can see this but me
The souls have summoned this to make an ending
As I see that this private ceremony
Is a different kind of holy matrimony
As I kneel at the alter
And beg back for my partner
The souls whistle and sing
A toneless song
These dead lovers have been waiting to long
So I ask the Lord to help me
And I can distantly feel a hand holding mine
A wedding ring still held still binds
As I let myself go
And we all float on
We all float by
And we will have picnics at a spot among the clouds
We will see our family members and keep them from a spiral down
We will love and survive
As spirits and we’ll arise
We leave the service
With the group of dead lovers
We race towards the sun
But it does not have heat
Just light
As my wife and I take delight
In being with each other
The light is soon behind us
And we all are on the moon
We’re all one on the moon
As our souls spread out and we look up at the stars
Waving to others nearby on mars
Our tears are not typical
They become a star as each cry is shed
And I remember
All our fights because you were stubborn
All our hugs
All the times we thought life would get the best of us
All the times we didn’t know what was next
But we held each other still
No matter how angry
Or the climb up the hill
So now we sit no longer tied to our bodies
But tied together as beautifully
As a symphony
And we look at the stars
Soon the others rise up
And they dissipate into a Star
Each couple gets their own
But we feel so comfortable on this moon
We have to go
That we know
But first my soul my memory folds
And I remember
How different you were
When you were on deaths door
I didn’t leave you at all
But I left after you
And my heart had been run over
But I still got through it
With the rest of our family that we both created
You were so sick
And at my end so was I
I was never scared for myself to die
But once you did I felt often numb
But then I looked at the rest of my life
And though I missed you
And it hurt not to kiss you
I still was able to live
Just like I thought you’d want me too
And as our spirits are floating around
I know I’ll never again be tied down
And to be without you
So I nod and even though I can’t quite see
Together is in the stars watching down as we see
Our children grow up
Our family gets to just be
So we can go up now
And be swallowed up whole
By a bright shiny light
Visible at night