Have you ever been passing something and when you first looked at it assumed it was one thing, but when you looked more closely, realized it was something entirely different? That happened to me yesterday morning. I was getting up in a hurry and had not put my glasses on yet. I have an electronic clock/picture frame on my dresser. I glanced at the time and the picture on the screen caught my eye. It looked like a Christmas picture, but I didn't really recognize it immediately. I moved closer to the clock and realized it wasn't a Christmas picture at all. It was a picture of my oldest son, Nat, and his new bride, Erin, dancing at their wedding. I immediately smiled and went all gushy inside like mothers are wont to do. Anyway, a poem immediately came to mind and I jotted it down before I lost it. Here is the picture and below it is the poem it inspired.
Mr. and Mrs. Nathanael Cooley
April 3, 2010
April 3, 2010
Dancing Like Christmas
Dancing like Christmas
with the lights all aglow
she in her beauty
he in his manhood,
their love shining
brightly,
for all to see
and know.
while people reverently cheered,
for a happy romance
that would last
many long years.
As they swirled and
they clung
to one another
in love,
God smiled at
the joy from
high up above.
