The reception

Inside the wine flows

the food is served

dancing and singing

speeches toasts and stories

punctuating the air

we do not hear

The weeping outside

we do not see

the darkness outside

sound and sight do not

penetrate the reception

we dance like Cana

the best wine saved

for the end

Stained glass window of the wedding at Cana, St. John Neumann Church, Sunbury, Ohio. Sourced via Wikimedia Commons.