Qualms
He’s preoccupied with thoughts of flight with no intent to stay.
Amid the fuss, his only thought? He has to run away.
What creates the tension? His need to keep at bay
the awareness that his nuptials are scheduled for today.
Does the groom have any doubts? I think, perhaps, he may.
His wedding vows have slipped his mind and stolen clean away.
When he’s asked the pertinent question, dare he utter, “Nay?”
The music starts and he walks down the aisle on feet of clay.
Prompts today are run, preoccupation, create, tense, nuptials, amid.
Image by Hermes Rivera on Unsplash.
lifelessons - a blog by Judy Dykstra-Brown 
Why does every bridegroom look like he doesn’t know what he is doing there?
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Because most don’t. Most brides make all the plans and they just steer the groom around from place to place.
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Aren’t mothers supposed to make plans and brides just show up for fittings? Is it different in the US?
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Yes.. Especially because there are more second and third marriages where the brides are older. The mothers wear out after the first wedding.
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You have a point there. I haven’t thought of that.
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But, that said, my sisters and I did all of the planning for our own weddings.
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My mother did everything for my first (failed) one. I didn’t even know what was flying. For the second, my mother was no longer with us, and his was 1200 miles away and in poor health (she couldn’t even make it to the wedding), so The Boss and I planned everything together. He does not look lost on those pics!
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And sounds like it worked out better than the first. I made all the plans for our wedding it was different and fun and relatively simple.
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Looks like it has – 25 years soon. The wedding was very special because of friends who went out of their way (literally, flew down here) to do special things for us.
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It’s more fun when it is a group effort, to be sure.
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It certainly was, and great memories.
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Oh! Poor guy.
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