six days (prose)

six days before your wedding
it should have come as no surprise
to see the empty bookshelves in your room,
but it made me pause and think
about the rooms we call our own
and the shelves we fill with books, photos and trophies:
all celebrations of things past.
the empty shelf
is a celebration of your future.
fill it with the kinds of things
that will make your father proud.