Simply Love

How I’d have laughed,

      Mere months ago

As his savoring a hoagie,

      Now sets me aglow

How that dizzy feeling,

      Mere months ago

She said not to ignore,         

      Now lets me know

What we were,

      Mere months ago

Seems so far removed,

      As today we grow…

Embracing each moment,

      Lost in her eyes, filled with

                  — fear, compassion, dread, or

                  Simply Love

Watching him closely,

      Lost in his eyes, filled with

                  — fear, compassion, dread, or

                  Simply Love

Yesterday’s greasy burgers,

   Are today’s chicken soups

The chair I moved to the window,

   Now stays in its place

Linens he put away,

   I now place on their shelves

Those carefree trips to the store,

   Now fraught with danger

As we wonder and fret,

   At each twinge and ache

Till the call to afar,

   Brings such profound relief

Watching her closely,

   Lost in her eyes, filled with

               — fear, compassion, dread, or

               Simply Love

Embracing each moment,

   Lost in his eyes, filled with

               — fear, compassion, dread, or

                        Simply Love