To my Monroe...with love

 

How do I know???

I hadn’t met her before

What do I hear???

A shrill and deafening din

 

Precious few once a year

Fun on a cornucopia

Hide and Seek to name one

Chatter just a load of 'baloney'

 

Jaywalking under the blazing sun

Shopping garments and trinkets

Exhibitions and Ferris wheels

Restaurants new and old

 

From sweet nothings

To adolescent chinwag

From falling in love

To healing heartbreaks

 

A 'roomie' for long

The secrets tumble unsure

Jealousy from one in particular

Life's still at its best

 

A chance on me

When am down and out

Lots of song and dance

And some mortifying moments

 

A marriage on the cards

I will never be ready

Then the going away

A wheel comes undone

 

Husbands and Boyfriends

Embracing responsibilities

Life juggles on the express highway

A family expanding on the go

 

Excursions on the threshold

A new foursome

Forging new bonds

Back of a journey abroad

 

Long distance tête-à-tête

Not giggly anymore

Adult to adult

A little baby talk now and then

 

Welcome road trips

Trials and tribulations

Amidst the highs and lows

The journey still an upward curve

 

My first trip to her new world

And many more that follow

Fond memories always

With progeny in tow

 

New secrets unfold

Not on guard anymore

Judgements not lurking

Sarcasm for good measure

 

Fun and frolic age defying

New age recipes keeping us fresh

Opinions and advice unabashed

Growing old is just a state of mind

 

She is my best friend

At the end of my extended hand

Can’t ask for more

Perfect as it is now

 

Friends can be chosen

Family comes on a well laid platter

Blessed is an understatement

I have both rolled into one

 

Love you and miss you !!!