yesterday we went to my friends layla and mathias’ wedding and it rained through the entire outdoor ceremony and dinner.people made do and moved the lawn vows to a tent where folks piled in and strained to see layla and mathias exchange words of love, unaware of the downpour and heavy heat all around them.
after, the guests helped move the tables and chairs set up on the lawn to under the tent, working together, quickly learning each others names as people do when it’s needed that they work fast for a common good. layla handed out napkins to dry off the tables, people squished closely to their neighbour to fit in, bottles of wine were opened and glasses were filled and nowhere was there a word of disappointment.
and after dinner, the sky cleared.
the guests took their chairs and brought them out on the lawn and there were speeches and toasts and cutting of the cake and when that was done the chairs were moved back and the band started up and shoes came off and dancing began.
"the rain stopped for dancing!" i heard, "how perfectly did this turn out" someone said, and layla looked beautiful and all-knowing.
then the band started to play ‘all you need is love’ and the rain came down from the first note and no one stopped dancing. no one skipped a beat, everyone held someone’s hand, jeremy and i put our faces up to the rain while we moved together, and it was the most romantic thing i’d ever been part of.
1 comment:
aw fuck way to melt my stoney heart robeson
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