Will you marry me in Marina - Melody Wilkinson
Will you marry me in the sand
in the dirt.
Engraved in the mud
Will you marry me in the rain
running scared
in
soaked jeans
and
a useless purple hoodie
Will you exchange vows in the sticks
with stones.
Can we get a pastor to preside in the blinding dark
that hides trenches
and jellyfish guilt
Can we exchange chamber rings in the wind
with knotted hair.
Will we honeymoon in Normandy
or Omaha.
Spend every morning
combing for shells
Will you marry me in burning logs.
on the crumbling cliffs of sand dunes
in Fort Ord
Will you marry me in dead windows on decomposing buildings.
before they blow away?
Contributor's Note
Melody Wilkinson is an RN BSN graduated Suma Cum Laude from Regis University in Denver CO where she grew up. She is currently writing a blog with the only goal to make people laugh. She received the Sam Barnes Award for excellence at Waikato University for her screenplay.