thirty-six years ago
by their count
just last week
a german girl
with irish roots
swept lanky,
blonde-haired
blue-eyed lad
from off his feet
she with hazel eyes
that change by whim
of brunette hair
and silky skin
his arrival fresh
from land afar
as appearance goes
not foreigner
yet foreign still
in his homeland
to he it was
but fairyland
first sight a playground
football game
same name but different
than he’d played
their first date
a corner burger stand
suited him, though
not very grand
what she saw
is still unclear
this blue-eyed lad
from yesteryear
suffice to say
he’s grateful she did
and she still does
and to this day
has kept up her promise
to honor forever
and always love
and he
knowing some say
marriage is not their cup
he knows
(this blonde
and blue-eyed lad)
he knows for sure...
he married
up!
Nov 1, 2013
Nov 1, 2013 at 2:12 AM UTC
thirty-six years ago
by their count
just last week
a german girl
with irish roots
swept lanky,
blonde-haired
blue-eyed lad
from off his feet
she with hazel eyes
that change by whim
of brunette hair
and silky skin
his arrival fresh
from land afar
as appearance goes
not foreigner
yet foreign still
in his homeland
to he it was
but fairyland
first sight a playground
football game
same name but different
than he’d played
their first date
a corner burger stand
suited him, though
not very grand
what she saw
is still unclear
this blue-eyed lad
from yesteryear
suffice to say
he’s grateful she did
and she still does
and to this day
has kept up her promise
to honor forever
and always love
and he
knowing some say
marriage is not their cup
he knows
(this blonde
and blue-eyed lad)
he knows for sure...
he married
up!
sweet sixteen carried a different meaning...
the year of his resident arrival on US soil,
a novelty to him, and he to all who came to know him in those early days;
October 23rd, 1977,
the date of their first date,
each year passes with little fanfare by anyone else,
but the two of them,
who now more in love than ever before,
look knowingly at each other and say,
"remember when?"
