Grandparents His steely blue eyes Locked in a loving gaze With her hazel eyes They sit across the small kitchen table Enjoying the first coffee and cigarettes of the morning Talking over the plans each have for the day Conversation moves to the past Sharing stories of long ago Perhaps told many times Neither tire of hearing them The years have not always been kind Yet they went through them together Weathered many storms as a team Holding one another to make it work As I sit with these two people I adore I say to myself, “I wish for this in my lifetime�?/FONT> Billie Williams 2006
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