My glasses fell down
The back of the bedside table. I reached down
To get them
Like Timothy Dalton in that scene in Flash Gordon; not knowing
What I would find.
The back of the bedside table. I reached down
To get them
Like Timothy Dalton in that scene in Flash Gordon; not knowing
What I would find.
14 coins
3 bobbles
1 of the kids' toys
3 socks, all different - I've thrown their partners away.
3 bobbles
1 of the kids' toys
3 socks, all different - I've thrown their partners away.
And then a folded piece of paper.
A letter to you, from half a lifetime ago.
Did you keep these?
Do you read these?
Even now.
I opened it and read about a boy who had fallen in love. He made silly jokes, thought he knew things about the world
And what our life was going to be like.
And what our life was going to be like.
He was completely in love.
Here I am, a lifetime older than him.
Scarred from battles lost,
Fading memories of battles won.
Old eyes.
Not who I promised to be in that letter.
And then there's you.
Scarred from battles lost,
Fading memories of battles won.
Bright eyed.
Everything.
He's completely in love.
