a claustrophobic journey in
a packed coach of day trippers
finds sweethearts posed for a
snapshot moment on Southend pier
the heat of a burnished summer sun
not lost in Kodak monochrome
he with his sweater over a shoulder
casual in white open collared cotton
she with away day hair tousled and fair
a radiant smile focused on his eyes
she has found her ever after with a
penniless uni student of physics
he has found his soul mate and a
mother to a future brood of happy
theirs was a match made in the stars
foundations of a home built to last