It was so long ago
So very long ago
he was an ordinary man.
Not handsome at all
In fact not really my type.

But he wore me down
Waiting outside my small flat
In the pouring Seattle rain just to
Catch a glimpse of me.

Why I married him
I shall never know.
Perhaps because he cried
In sad movies.
Or because he was gentle
And would never try to
control me.

He always knew
how to make me laugh.
To get me out of my many
dark moods.
How on earth did he always
Make me feel so beautiful.?

Then the sickness came.
He tried to hide it from me.
But I knew…..I knew.
Then when I lost him
the world became a sadder
place.

There have been other imposters
Over the passing years.
I danced the choreographed
movements of love with them.

But when the shadows of night
Covered the fading twilight.
And I was alone in my bed.
It was always you honey.
Always you.
Only you knew
how to fix me,