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Love At Last Sight
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He lived next door
all her growing up
years.
He was the brother
she never had.
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Their homes were always
open to each other,
meals shared,
trips to parks, games
school functions.
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Love.
They didn’t think  so !
Off to college,  home on breaks.
Each had committed relationships.
But excited to spend time together.
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They each married their
college love.
Had families. 
Paths didn’t cross for fifty years.
Life is like that.
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One fall day,
she saw in the paper,
his wife had died…
he still lived nearby !
The visiting hours were that night.
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She quietly entered,
signed the book, left a card.
Then she saw him, standing alone.
Looking adrift, and sad...
near the urn of ashes of his late wife.
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Her heart said, “Don’t leave.” Took a Deep breath.
Walked over and introduced herself.
He said, “I’d have known you anywhere.”
She said, I didn’t realize it,
“I’ve been nearby the whole time.”
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They talked and talked
about caring for sick spouses,
til the spouses passed.
She’d been widowed
a few years before.
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He asked her to wait til
the visiting hours were over
so they could catch up
some more… work, children,
grandchildren for both to tell about.
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The next notice in the paper
was a wedding announcement.
Seven months later, societies rules
be damned…life was short, uncertain.
They’d loved their spouses faithfully.
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The wedding was small,
family…children and grandchildren,
all were there.  It was
love at last sight,  seen in time
to share til the end of their earthly time.
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This is based on a true story…told to me by my
mother about a friend of hers.  They told their families
and friends, that life was short, they had fallen in love,
at last,  after all the years had passed.

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