Save the Date

I got your card
To save the date:
A summer wedding –
I can’t wait!

I really didn’t
Need that card.
My calendar
Has that date starred.

I wouldn’t miss
Your big event;
I thought that that
Was evident.

But nowadays
Such a reminder,
Like a nudge,
But slightly kinder,

Is what folks do:
It’s saying, Please!
But life provides
No guarantees;

‘Cause even if
The date they know,
There will be people
Who won’t show.

That won’t be me –
That date is saved
And was, before
The card, engraved,

Was ever mailed
To my location.
I await
The invitation.