Shimmer dance smile
And so this summer’s sun-baked
Memories in moments
Shimmer dance smile
Small bodies perfect, squeal and splash
A tiny beetle glows golden
Old friends fore-gathered, wedding guests
Who’ve lent an ear, a hand to help
A precious girl turned teenager
Over and over beds filled, re-filled
Endless the washing drying on the line
Ottolenghi’s best suggestions, eagerly devoured
Coming and going, airport runs,
Wild clematis shining silver rampant on the fence
Field flowers, lavender twisted, twined
With gentian blue
And small roses, dusky pink
All of us here, family, friends
Come for the moment
Suspended in sunshine, surely
Stepped from a dream?
The bride in her loveliness, happiest of days
Bridesmaids and page boys
Too beautiful
Poems and love songs, vows turning to tears
Times to remember indelibly etched
All down the years
Churr of the bee-eaters bright in the blue
This summer’s sun-baked forever memories
Shimmer dance smile
And so this summer’s sun-baked
Memories in moments
Shimmer dance smile
Small bodies perfect, squeal and splash
A tiny beetle glows golden
Old friends fore-gathered, wedding guests
Who’ve lent an ear, a hand to help
A precious girl turned teenager
Over and over beds filled, re-filled
Endless the washing drying on the line
Ottolenghi’s best suggestions, eagerly devoured
Coming and going, airport runs,
Wild clematis shining silver rampant on the fence
Field flowers, lavender twisted, twined
With gentian blue
And small roses, dusky pink
All of us here, family, friends
Come for the moment
Suspended in sunshine, surely
Stepped from a dream?
The bride in her loveliness, happiest of days
Bridesmaids and page boys
Too beautiful
Poems and love songs, vows turning to tears
Times to remember indelibly etched
All down the years
Churr of the bee-eaters bright in the blue
This summer’s sun-baked forever memories
Shimmer dance smile
22nd August 2011, Hounoux
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