MY WIFE MARILYN - by Claude Peter Dhuet

[Claude Peter Dhuet]

MY WIFE MARILYN
by Claude Peter Dhuet

Although my wife is elderly-
She’s not an old lady to me-
As any other woman would be-
If she happen to be her age.

The reason to me, is easy to see-
We’ve been so long together-
That the changes that happened to me and she-
Were all so very gradual.

I hardly noticed, as the years rolled by-
That she was no longer young-
The feeling I had, was locked inside-
From the day life together begun.

And when its time, for us to part-
For surely it’s bound to be-
The memories we leave for the other to keep-
Will be locked in our heart forever.

By - Claude Peter Dhuet
July 23, 2006

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