Everything Changes

Thinking back I can still recall the day
I can still remember everything that we had to say

I remember how happy she was, all face and smiles
I remember the people decked in different styles

I remember how her mother cried
And her father beamed at his joy and smiled wide

On that day she wore me with pride
And then she left me on the side

All the years of hidden tears
Broken hearts and unsaid fears

In time I slowly turned to grey
As she did in her own way

I watched her slowly wither and die
While all those who loved her sobbed and wondered why

And now she wears me again
White satin on white skin

All the people around her mourn
It pains me how she and I will not see another dawn

She lies in a casket, her new eternal bed
I am now a dress for the dead

I was meant to be worn on happier days
Not meant for such bleak and depressing ways

I filled my purpose on her wedding day
And now I, the dress have been cast away

In this coffin we both lie
Now no one asks and wonders why

Why does a wedding dress in the blink of an eye become a funeral sack?
Why does a person so quickly ebb and fade to black?

Its been so long now and they have forgotten me and her
And now alas, I am full of wear and tear

It's so cold and dark in this earthly tomb
Like it I am bleak and full of gloom

Soon like hers my life will be done
I have no regrets as my purpose has been and gone