Saturday, 20 March 2021

50 - always

 

50 - always


a fingertip away from love

in the abstract that is life

behind the confusing canvas

in the abstract that is wife


she calls me her husband 

i call her my wife

we’ve been together 50 years

that is nearly all my adult life


she sees in me what i cannot see

when all i see is wife

we both see our children

the reasons for all our life


the blossoms going over

for now it’s that time of life

when she says i love you husband 

and i say i love you wife


for now our days are numbered

under the long knife that cuts life

we wonder who’ll get the last word in

goodbye husband or goodbye wife




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