Happy Anniversary
It would make no sense to call you when you are right downstairs
sitting in the den, doing the taxes (hopefully).
But speaking to you at a distance is always somewhat easier;
when you are there, I find I cannot say the words that I so need to say,
partially because they will hit you like a ton of bricks (and I don’t want to hurt your feelings),
partially because even after all these years, I still don’t think you know me.
There are still things about you that surprise me; why not, people change
even when they don’t think they have. I know I have.
I’ve become more cautious; I speak my mind now when I used to keep my mouth shut.
Today is a day like any other and yet it’s not. Not for me and not for you.
For on this day in 1985, we said I do. And then we did, and we still do
sometimes.
© 2018 Catherine Woods
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