He said she said

He Said I Love You

(an A’La Arora)

She had thought it not possible

that she’d be left alone

to chart her course

and make the best of things

without him, four years now.

She just wants to cry.

He said, “I love you.”

And then kissed her goodbye.

She went on vacation without him

traveled the country,

a cruise to Alaska

and one to Mexico.

She had fun with family

and felt guilty a bit.

He said, “I love you,”

that day he was hit.

It was wise not to see him,

they said, but she doubted.

She and her children

said goodbye through

the casket lid.

His ashes are bedside

She says, “I love you.

I’m sorry you died.”

There had been ups and downs

throughout their marriage.

Sometimes she thought

they wouldn’t make it

“until death do us part,”

but it came too soon.

She sings, “I love you,”

to an inner tune.