Last saw you
with your last husband
getting on a train
to go sort out
the cancer
that I had heard
had come.
You smiled and talked
a few moments
of the hospital visit
but he never
talked at all
but looked away
with nothing to say.
Later heard
from your daughter
that it was terminal
and you had
gone Catholic
like your father was
before he died.
You had wanted me
to sponsor you
but your husband
wasn't keen
so I never
but sent best wishes
and friendly love
from your Ex.
I never went
to your funeral
as it would have been
awkward with him there
not wanting to share
his grief with an ex like me
but I thought
of you and me
years before
and the good times we had
before the bad.
May 3, 2018
May 3, 2018 at 12:11 PM UTC
Last saw you
with your last husband
getting on a train
to go sort out
the cancer
that I had heard
had come.
You smiled and talked
a few moments
of the hospital visit
but he never
talked at all
but looked away
with nothing to say.
Later heard
from your daughter
that it was terminal
and you had
gone Catholic
like your father was
before he died.
You had wanted me
to sponsor you
but your husband
wasn't keen
so I never
but sent best wishes
and friendly love
from your Ex.
I never went
to your funeral
as it would have been
awkward with him there
not wanting to share
his grief with an ex like me
but I thought
of you and me
years before
and the good times we had
before the bad.
