A Beautiful Dream

She'll be sitting on a dock with water on her feet,
She'll be holding my hand, she'll be looking at me.
Her eyes will be bright, full of hope and of life
And her mouth will be curved, my heart will take flight.
I'll be walking on clouds with my head in the sky,
She will be my wife, I'll believe I can fly!

I'll stand at the front when the music begins,
I'll watch her walk down, my face all a-grin.
Her hair will be flowing, it will be chestnut brown,
She will look like an angel, or a queen with a crown.
She'll say that she loves me, and I'll say so too,
By exchanging our vows, by saying "I do."

She'll be by my side, 'til death do us part,
I'll protect her and keep her, love of my heart.
Eam semper amabo, no matter what comes
And I'll whisper sweet nothings in foreign tongues.
We'll rejoice together, and laugh 'til we cry,
And suffer together, as friends we will die.

We'll live a long life, two people as one,
And when it's all over, new life has begun.
We will have served God, and have served Him well,
Now we're in heaven, Emanuel.
But this is a dream, of them in my life,
Of a future with Him, and with her, my wife.

-Ben Ankenmann