A simple poem
Life Together
We’ll be together soon
We’ll share the sun, the stars and moon
Walk wooded ways and leafy lanes
On rural roads, in summer rains
We’ll try to name the birds
And argue about the meanings of words
Discuss the future, the present and past
Wondering if our health will last
We’ll search out exotic, ethnic foods
And try to buy collectable goods
Convincing ourselves of their value unseen
By those whose eye is not as keen
We’ll go to the city by train
To hear music that will feed the brain
Some sounds and sights that are totally new
Living our life as we’ve chosen to do
We’ll return amidst fellow travellers
Drunken, dishonest, dishevelled late stragglers
Talking of them as we try not to stare
Wondering if they’ve also paid their fare
We’ll wake early morning
I’ll be at my desk, as daylight is dawning
You’ll listen to the radio with breakfast tea
Just making the most of being free
We’ll no longer have to talk by phone
Speaking to each other when we’re alone
Seeing the sky and smelling the breeze
Embracing wherever, whenever we please
We’ll have no more visits to organise
No plastic chairs, no prying eyes
As you leave, no fleeting, furtive glance
Our life no longer managed by chance
We’ll take control of our life
Being a husband, being a wife
No more manipulation by unseen hand
No more drama we don’t understand
We’ll have survived a sad separation
And sometimes exhibited exasperation
Though there has never been any doubt
That our life together is what our life’s about