Sunday, February 18, 2007

    3498 A poem about love and marriage

    Today I read a story in our paper about a couple married in 1943 when he was still in uniform, who were both living in a nursing home at the end--she from Alzheimer’s and he from a fall. They died at the same time on Valentine’s Day this week.

    When you’re falling in love
    Feb. 18, 2007
    by Norma Bruce

    When you’re falling in love
    you probably don’t think about
    pre-nups and the rug color
    that you’ll argue about some day.

    When you’re falling in love
    you might think about
    romantic dinners for two
    and not KFC in front of the TV.

    When you’re falling in love
    you probably don’t think about
    why her mother is obese
    or his dad is such a gossip.

    When you’re falling in love
    you might think about
    an Hawaiian cruise and moonlight
    and not the small lake when he fishes.

    When you’re falling in love
    you probably don’t think about
    her toddler who will be a teen someday
    or that he’s changed jobs so often.

    When you’re falling in love
    you might think about
    a cute house with a picket fence
    and not missing where you grew up.

    When you’re falling in love
    you probably don’t think about
    when he is old and deaf
    and when she’s forgotten your name.

    These are the building blocks of love
    you probably should think about,
    you might want to think about
    when you’re falling in love today.


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