Friday, July 11, 2025
occasional words
When your memories surface
Reminding you of past events
I listen as you tell me about them
Thinking about what it was like for you
Your memories become my memories
The way our lives intertwine
Living together sharing everything
Merging our individual stories
Your family and friends include me
Now that I am someone in your life
A story that did not start with me
But that I know from the beginning
Over these many years hearing you
Describe all the people and places
I have pieced it together into a kind of quilt
Assembled into the whole person
Being with you I almost always know
What you are thinking and feeling
There’s nothing I would change
I'm very happy with you as you are
Your impossible birthday wish this year
To get younger not a day older
Saying out loud what is on your mind
That's something I especially love about you
Thursday, July 10, 2025
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