Together for Fifty Years

By S.M.A. Faiz*

With recurrent episodes in smiles and tears
Together we were for long fifty years;
There were days all very fine
But also those where sun didn't shine.

There were events blessed with trust and love
But some were weird rough and gruff;
There were times to be happy and proud
And at times things went under a cloud.

The ad rem hitches and sitches are just now gone
And at this point in time with the end of strife
There is a new dawn
In my life.

And when takes me death bang on time
Even if at my time of life
Let that be into the sublime
With my loved ones playing the fife.

*S.M.A. Faiz is the Author of The Fallen Flower Called Red and Blue.