I remember <br />noticing <br />the couples <br />walking <br />side by side <br />along the hospital corridor. <br /> <br />Pairs of people, <br />two’s in tandem. <br />Familiar hands holding, <br />familiar voices scolding, <br />murmuring, <br />comforting. <br /> <br />Husbands and wives, <br />lovers old and new. <br />Some bustling, <br />some shuffling, <br />others fit and sprightly young. <br /> <br />And I realized <br />suddenly <br />joyfully <br />how lucky I was <br />to still be one of a pair - <br />the other half of one love. <br /> <br />To have and to hold <br />from this day forward <br />till death us do part. <br /> <br />I know you’re back <br />reluctantly, my love, <br />but I’m in your corner, no matter what. <br />Remember that.<br /><br />Alison Cassidy<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/jerry-s-journey-couples/
