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Sixty plus years spent together
With nary a single day apart.
Through fine times and the dire,
They stood by their sacred wedding vows.
They raised just one single son
Who fulfilled his dreams in the States,
Six-thousand miles from Birmingham,
Where he was born and lovingly raised.
He is a success in each and every way,
Blossoming career, loving wife and three kids.
His parents were overflowing with pride
For everything their son had achieved.
Fifty years spent in the same house
Which sheltered them from the elements.
Yet, despite it’s diminishing condition
They stubbornly refused to ever leave.
Yes, sixty grand years spent together,
And a modest legacy to be proud off,
For they lived, essentially as one, able to
Finish each others thoughts, with a knowing nod.
And now they have passed on as one,
Unexpectedly and shrouded in mystery
From this earthly physical plane,
Carried up to the next spiritual level.
They were uncovered hand in hand,
At the bottom of their stairs
Several days after their passing
By a shaken investigating police officer.
We don’t know the cause of their demise.
We will need to wait to Friday to discover
The results of their scheduled autopsies
For the puzzling and elusive answer,
Yet, I know those sixty years together
Were simply a beginning to their love.
For now, it is undeniably destined
That they shall be together for all eternity…
Dedicated to my Uncle Frank and Aunt Olive
PSGifford
psgifford@earthlink.net
www.psgifford.com
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