Sunlight On The Water

The sunlight on the water

Reflected in her smile

And when I got on bended knee

The twinkle in her eye.

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I was so very nervous

Although I tried to seem so bold

But the tears trickled from my eyes

When I slipped on the ring of gold.

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The earth stood still at that moment

And my heart thundered in my ears

Until she said Yes she’d be mine

For the remainder of our years.

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Now my life is almost done

And my youth I can barely remember

But I will never forget the sheer happiness

Of our wedding that September.

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As my heart begins its final slowing

And you clutch my hand

My mind returns to that magical day, and

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The sunlight on the water

Reflected in her smile

And now as I start to fade

The sadness in her eye.