White Dress Poem by Bernadeth Tolentino

You look so pretty
all dressed in white,
a smile on your face,
only if I

Could be next to you
and wipe away those tears.
Because promises don't count
if they were not kept.

Keep your chin up, my love,
don't look down
look up at the sky
and take off your frown

I will love you
always and forever
so keep that promise you gave me
As I watch from over.

For the first time,
I'm in two places at once.
Before it seemed impossible,
but now my time is done.

So keep your promise, my love,
wear that white dress.
Keep a smile on your face.
Even now that I'm dead.