Middle Aged Couple

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Middle Aged Couple

The middle aged couple
long-married
duck into the coffee shop
out of the rain
he guiding her in
with his tallness
his caring
she smiling back and up to him
physical closeness
echoing emotional.

And I think how blissful
is this trust,
this communion
how protected they are
under this umbrella of concern.

And I wonder
could I ever again
be this unguarded
this caught up in devotion.

6 thoughts on "Middle Aged Couple"

Steve Cummings says:

June 22, 2017 at 5:04 pm

I think you should end the last stanza with a question mark.

A very emotionally powerful piece of work. I found tension growing as they communed and then discovered why. Nice

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s.l. says:

June 22, 2017 at 10:13 pm

I love this

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Jim Lally says:

June 23, 2017 at 12:34 am

no matter how old
you can be struck
by
lightning

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Pat Owen says:

June 23, 2017 at 3:59 pm

Thanks for your comments. I think of the last sentence as a statement, not a question

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Gaby Bedetti says:

June 23, 2017 at 10:20 pm

Good insight

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K. Bruce Florence says:

June 25, 2017 at 4:40 pm

Touching and perceptive. The question springs from all perhaps who have loved and lost.

Bruce Florence—also of Ky and Sarasota

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