There are days

I don’t know you

And wonder how it

Can be

Then I realize how many

Days you’re now

Away from me…

There are buddies

There are family

There are people

I don’t know

They all have some

Influence

While I’m here

Waiting

All alone…

Your vocabulary

Has words that

Aren’t your own

And our life has

Definitely taken on a

Different tone

I thought retirement

Was to be…

Ours alone…