God Had a Different Plan

Your special day has been circled
on the calendar.
Hopes and dreams are spoken
and planned.
Friends and family are given verbal
invitations.
We wait in a pleasurable pause, until
your circled date.
Unexpected news whispered at the door
"The wedding is off, I don't know why."
No longer do we wait in anticipation of your
Circled date.
The event now cancelled, only a strange
circle upon my calendar for a future
That has been forever changed
What are the odds of this happening
This seems like dejavu
Two brothers, two weddings planned
Two parents stunned not once but twice
of cancelled plans.
God had a different plan for you.
Some time has passed since
I wrote this note, and with
Great joy I now exclaim
God had a different plan for you
We mere mortals may have been
Confused, but God had wonderful
plans for both of you!

written by Pauline, May 2003
copyright, 2006