Partners in time

[Biggus]

PARTNERS IN TIME

I held your hand
Though you did not know it
And I remembered
The first time I held it
That august day so long ago
When the magic passed between us
And I knew I had found my mate
It was such an innocuous action
We were on the train
Two travelling strangers
As it rattled its way through Surrey
You were getting to your feet
When the train lurched
And you fell back with a bump
I offered you my hand
Which you took
And the dye was cast
Our journey together began
Now your journey is nearly at its end
And I sit in vigil at your side
Where I will remain
Until life leaves your body
On that quiet final breath
I said when we were young
“I would love you all of your life"
When you were still you,
Before the morphine took you
You said to me
“Will you still love me all of my life?”
With a crack in my voice I said
“No I’ll love you for all of mine”

[Epistemophile]

simple but moving, biggus. the last few lines intrigued me a bit. is this utterance being made while she is dying, or is it being spoken after the death of the poet's beloved? or, is this confusion deliberate, to suggest a kind of progress from the particular to the universal, from the here-and-now to everywhere-and-all-the-time? also, is this is a dramatic monologue of sorts?

[Biggus]

It is being spoken shortly before her death.

[white camellia]

Biggus, it almost brings forth tears. The best in it is the tranquility.

[Biggus]

Thank you very much