The older couple who've set down <br />their folding chairs, a blanket, lunchbox <br /> <br />not too far from the old Lincoln <br />inhabit three islands of peace <br /> <br />which by the time we're their age <br />we'll know perhaps to envy: <br /> <br />his peace, and hers, and theirs: <br />neither got high grades, but <br /> <br />they're wise enough to know <br />after all those years together <br /> <br />those three islands; watch them with discretion <br />and join them if you can across the years; <br /> <br />in that third island which is won <br />from two islands neatly cropped.<br /><br />Michael Shepherd<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/in-golden-gate-park-for-jim-and-thanks-to-lawrence/
