Aging

 

Aging into

Her late 90s

 

Still proud and

Clinging to the

Regal manner

That was her way

 

Most everything

Continued as before

 

The bridge club

Social circle

Church group

Met as usual

 

Tea and cookies

Were served

 

The weekly hair

Appointment

Never missed

 

Still sharp as

A tack

 

She just couldn’t

Smell the urine

In her adult diapers

 

Shadows

 

The shadows

Did a playful dance

Across the landscape

 

For a moment

It appeared

An intruder

Was lurking

 

When it was

Only the sun

Playing tricks

With its magical

Light

 

Anniversary

 

Today is the anniversary of our first lunch

I call it our first date

You insist you never went on a date

 

In a way, our first date was our dinner

Where I gave you my business card

With all eight of my possible phone numbers

 

You were wearing a dark red pants suit

And strode purposely across the room

And I thought to myself

“Wow, she is very interesting.”

I had no idea!

 

Now, as we begin our 23^rd year together

You are more interesting

With each passing day

And my love for you grows

In its abundance