Well that time has come,
All your life you have worked,
Worked through to retirement.
That day when your life’s work
Had now gone.
For five years the easy life was yours,
But no, there was still work to be done.
During this time love has been there,
Love of your wife,
Love of your children,
Love of friends.
But now another milestone is reached
As the three score years and ten has come,
A time to once more reflect,
Reflect on your life
And look back at the good times,
As the good times
Always outweigh the bad.
Reflect on your long life
And look to the future
In hope, in joy and in love,
Always in love.
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Author:
Goldfinch60 (Pseudonym) (
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- Comment from author about the poem: I wrote this for the man who married my ex wife, he is seventy this weekend. Both he and I were born in the same year, 1948, a very special year obviously. The other coincidence is that we both celebrate thirty seven years of married life this year with our second wives. But the strangest thing that many do not understand is that although his wife is my ex-wife the four of us get on well together and have spent weekends in each others company.
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Comments6
The song by Nat King Cole was one of the top songs of 1948.
A fine write and clip Gold. Were we there in 1048 too?! A bit after Hastings!
Oh yes we were there, still coming to terms with your mistake about telling Harold to look up
But I had not told him yet (1066) - it was only 1048!
Thanks ANDY ~ Truth as you know is always stranger than FICTION ! I can empathise ~ I too have friends whose SOCIAL relationship with their ex~wives is now much better than when they were in wedlock ! One even has his EX as a very successful Bridge Partner ~ and another enters Latin Dance Competitions with his EX ! WOW 70 I have a lot of catching up to in the next 35 years ! Getting Married ~ Raising a Family etc etc ! CARPE DIEM ANDY and remember you are only promised (3 x 20) + 10 ~ but the averge UK age for men is now 82 ~ so you've got another DOZEN ~ we are fortunate to live in the UK in the 21st C Angela & I will both be happy to pay another 2k in Tax To keep NHS afloat ~ what about you ?
NAT KING COLE a LEGEND ~ Love the NKC Trio ~ Liquid Jazz ! His MUM was a Church organist (Dad was Pastor) and she taught him to play PIANO when he was 4 ~ a Brilliant Jazz Pianist and is succeeded by His Twin Daughters who run his Charity for Black Performers. Premature death due to smoking Menthol Cigarettes for his throat ! Thanks for the memory ! Please check "Perfect Partner" ~ your friend BRIAN
Thank you Brian, I will fill those twelve years with memories.
Andy,
Thank you for sharing such personal information! I admire your strength and fortitude for being able to share your friendship with your ex-wife and her husband! Extraordinary!! Not many can do that. You are very special!
Wishing your friend a Happy Birthday! Enjoy the weekend! Will you and your wife be celebrating with him and his wife?
Will you be gifting this poem to him?
A perfect Nat King Cole song!
“The greatest thing you’ll ever learn
Is just to love and be loved in return.”
~Laura~
Thank you Laura, yes I sent him the poem and hope to hear from him. We will not be seeing him as because of my wife's illness we cannot get very far now and they live almost three hours away and my wife couldn't cope with that journey.
Nat King Cole was a great singer and before that he played jazz.
Great song great write and a great relationship.
Thank you Michael, much appreciated.
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