She was a ten but that was way back when before decimal coins and long before the seams and several joins started to unpick and now she looks sick.
Sick of the days ticked off with those nights when she sits alone frightened so frightened if the phone starts to ring or the doorbell chimes.
Not like those other times when she stood out in a crowd her beauty (albeit plastic) would shout it out loud 'look at me can you see you how good I feel',and still I would kneel at her feet to me she's the sweet little lady who one night in a Javanese bar said 'maybe' to me.
I see her now like never before like today was the door that we came through and if I knew then even when she was a ten that I'd still love her a score of years on when she is ill I would still have gone it all the way would still be here in love with her today and that's the reason I believe she'll get better when we leave to count to ten again.