OUR LOVE IS OLD

 

Our love is old,

Our love is true,

When we’re apart

Our hearts are blue

I love you madly

And you love me too

YOUR TENDER TOUCH

 

Your tender touch

Meant so much

I miss your touch

A touch too much

Your tender touch

That was nonesuch

I STOP, I REMINISCE

 

I stop, I reminisce

That perfect time I miss

A smile, a look, a kiss

A moment of bliss

Sweet reminisce

 

Boxing Day Confessions From A Bus Shelter

 

"I have a confession to make," she said.
"Oh?” What?" I asked her "Are you married?”

"Not that I remember" she replied "I would hope if I were I wouldn’t be standing in a bus shelter kissing another man”

It was Boxing Day and we were on our way to the “Grapes”. And the reason we were on our way there was because they showed live football in the bar and United were playing Liverpool.

I was a Man Utd fan and it was an important match.

Well to be honest it was always an important match when we played Liverpool.

She could have been married for all I knew. I hadn’t known her long and we’d only had our first date on Christmas Eve and so there was a lot I didn’t know about her.

Her name was Billi Ridgway and she was new to the village, her family had moved in to the house next door to my parents, two weeks before Christmas from somewhere in Cheshire.

I liked the look of her from the first minute and asked her out but it took me almost 2 weeks before I wore her down.

So we were on our way to the pub on Boxing Day when we stopped for an intimate interlude in the bus shelter.

It was kind of an instant attraction thing, certainly for me, and since the first attraction had gradually deepened and now I was head over heels in love with her.

"What then?"
"I’ve been dreading saying this” she said

I was really worried now I wasn’t sure I wanted to know.

Billi took a deep breath and I braced myself

“I’m a Liverpool supporter” she said and closed her eyes and grimaced

It took a moment for the full implications of her statement to sink in.

“I think I would have preferred it if you were married” I said

She moved close in to me and asked

“Do you mean you would prefer a married woman to be in love with you rather than a Liverpool supporter?”

“She loved me” I said to myself and I wasn’t sure if that shocked me more than the fact she supported Liverpool.

"I'm sorry," she said "Not much of a Christmas present for my new boyfriend I’m afraid"
She couldn't have been more wrong. It was the perfect Christmas
present.

Billi Ridgeway loved me.

I LOVE YOU DARLING WARTS AND ALL

 

I love you Darling warts and all

Though I can’t seem to recall

When we first met at the mall

And we chatted in the food hall

You ever mentioning warts at all

AS JOYOUS AS A SONG

 

My love for you

Is as joyous as a song,

Sung in congregation

With the faithful throng

IT’S A BLESSED MIRACLE

 

It’s a blessed miracle

I've been in love with the same woman

For more than fifty years!

It’s a greater miracle

That my wife has never found out,

If she did it would end in tears