Did that really happen last night?
Now that I am awake, was it all a dream?
Did I have too much to drink?
While I was standing, at the bar.
We only went out of interest,
My friend Norman, and I
To this club not far from us,
Just for a drink and a chat
A lady from the dance floor
Came to the bar between us
And ordered her drink.
Why between us we thought?
While Norman and she became
Engrossed in conversation
A second lady appeared,
And she too came between us.
She and I said nothing;
Just standing at the bar.
Then the odd word passed between us,
Until we too joined in conversation.
Norman and his lady went to dance;
We two, left at the bar went silent
Until she started to walk away;
I said “Shall we dance?”
I now awake from that night;
Alive, happy and hoping
That all that happened last night,
Was real.
It was! That day after the night before
Happened many years ago.
We have been together now;
From that day for the rest of our lives.
Written January 2014