A poem by Linda Warne
As a teen, I had a dream.
It might seem common to some,
yet not to others.
It seemed so vivid.
I was a bride,
standing in a long wedding gown
and there he was,
a tall young man standing next to me.
All I could see were our backs.
While at college at the age of 20,
I met someone unexpectedly.
A young man,
tall, dark-haired and handsome,
with beautiful blue eyes.
I wondered to myself,
“Is he the guy I’m going to marry?”
We talked, dated for six months,
and then he proposed to me
on notebook paper
as we sat inside his car
in front of my home.
We eloped and went to Vegas.
We have been married for
over four decades.
My dream came true.
Linda Warne was born and raised in California and attended Cerritos Community College before falling in love and marrying Joseph. At age 38, she returned to the same community college to study Early Childhood Education. She worked temporarily as a preschool teacher’s aide but found her niche as a private elementary school-age tutor. Joseph and Linda, now seniors, moved to O‘ahu in 2001. She currently leads paper crafts at two assisted living facilities: Ilima at Leihano in Kapolei and The Plaza in Pearl City. Writing poetry has been a meaningful way of self-expression since she was a teenager. She picks up her copy of Generations Magazine at Longs. If you have a poem, thoughts or a story to share, email the editor: debra@generations808.com. It may be published in Generations Magazine, Facebook or our website.
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