My companion of fifty-six years
Once the handsome stranger
Who took my breath away
Me, the girl in pink lipstick
Luring him for a second family
The engineer, leaving home early; til late
Wearing headset, as rockets slowly lifted;
Suddenly pluming, orange and yellow flames
Rattling windows
Streaking paths to distant points, dark in space
His other love:
Speeding boat; Ocean at sunrise
Pounding waves for the Eight-A reef
Smelly fish clothes in the wash
Plexi boards, fillet knives, sharp
Music booming
Beethoven and Bach
Another Asimov to read
My own Scientific American
Teaching this artist, about nature and life
Shouts and fighting, we had our share
My expectations not fulfilled
He was his genes
And old age showed
The value of our Blended Souls
Lovely children, standing here
On rocking boat, to say Good-bye
Winds take his ashes
To other stars
And to this sea, which he loved
Nancy Seib
March 28, 2022
Art with a Story 
So darned lovely, Nancy. Beautiful doesn’t do it justice.
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