Mum's Wedding Dress

She keeps it on top of the wardrobe,

but sometimes she gathers it down.

She says we can play so we caper all day

as we totter about in her gown.

And sometimes I let my mind wander – 

the past and the future float free. 

I think of my mum all those years ago,

and wonder what life holds for me.

Joshua Seigal