In the days before

A summer long remembered

And badly needed

It is a good day

Any day she has time to read,

And time to savor

The day approaches.

They are meeting to buy rings —

It all seems unreal

Been waiting to see,

And now the moment is here:

Not gonna miss it —

There is another

Way to live, and maybe soon

She’ll know where it is

The conversation

Shifts as does her attention,

Rapt and serious