Years End
for T.L.C.

we have busted the doors down
busted the walls down
gotten into the foyers
into the living rooms of each other

do we like where we are
are these places, are we persons
to sit with, to eat with,
to live with, to sleep with

how long could a marriage
such as ours last, how many
anniversaries before divorce

my parents celebrated
51 New Years Days
up to when my mother died

here I am at 53, not married yet
when will I honeymoon
when will my anniversaries start

this girl and I
have we come together
or have we come apart

same someone who
saved my life tonight
has tonight broken my heart

is broken-hearted,
heartless though
the way to go


© Obediah Michael Smith, 2007
4:17 p.m. 30.12.07