As the music plays
she closes her eyes
and gently sways.
Memories come flooding,
days of youth with
romance budding.
His brown eyes smiling,
love unspoken,
soft beguiling.
Courtship with its joys,
Newly married,
two growing boys.
His arms always round her
trials and laughter,
glad he found her.
Children reared and gone,
just him and her,
sweet times alone.
Grandchildren fill their days,
watch them growing,
learning life's ways
Now her love is gone,
only memories
to lean upon.
As the music dies
reality returns,
light leaves her eyes.
Empty house without her mate,
alone, lonely,
this now her fate.