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VE Day

That wonderful day in forty-five

That made me glad to be alive

Returning home from across the sea

That chance meeting between you and me

Festivities raging in full swing

The feelings that living again will bring

I looked across the crowded street

Saw someone looking Oh so sweet

In your uniform the nurses had worn

Slightly dirty slightly torn

A lovely radiant smile that captivated

Any man whose has waited

For your return to homely shores

That special person soon would be yours

I did not know it would be me

All that beauty I could see

I smiled at you and dropped my pack

It made you laugh and quickly look back

I plucked up courage just to try to see

If you would come for a drink with me

To my surprise you said a resounding yes

From that moment on I would never guess

That love would smoulder for a while

I thought that you would run a mile

We danced the evening away until Dawn

At the Palace Ballroom, then in the morn

I took you home, not far way

And hoped to see you another day

Next evening the celebrations were still going strong

You would have thought there had been nothing wrong

Least of all a six year war

That razed our country to the core

The rubble that used to be part of our street

Now flattened like a bedroom sheet

But no one cared, there was no more noise

Just people trying to regain the prewar poise

Our first kiss I remember well

And that it was just kind a swell

Your eyes were closed, so I closed mine

Our arms wrapped tightly, it just felt so fine

You looked radiant despite all the dust

I was shattered but felt I must

Keep you close away from serious harm

It must have been my magnetic charm

Not long after, a few dates more

I asked the question and I felt sure

You would say yes, which is what you did

That’s the moment I nearly flipped my lid

Put the ring on your finger

We named the day, did not want to linger

Married three months later, to the day

You first smiled at me when you came my way

Many years later we are still deeply in love

It must have been sign from up above

That shone down on us on that very first day we met

Me never realizing how wonderful life could get