he felt sorry for her having
had cancer three times
he also admired her
she was a warrior
she was sweet and
so nice to talk to
she wasn’t born a looker
but looked good enough
he suggested they
correspond by email
she smiled and wrote
down his email
he was so much older
than her
so he didn’t expect
anything romantic
she never emailed him
he wasn’t disappointed
he was old enough to
be her grandfather
he understood she
was probably not good with it
and changed her mind
about emailing him
and he knew with hindsight
he was better off without it
Bob Boyd
Author: BobBoyd
Age 80. Cancer survivor since 3 years ago. Work out 3 times a week. Ride my exercise bike 2 hours a day. Live a solo reclusive life. Retired a year ago from working with the elderly in a nonprofit. Started writing poetry a little over a year ago; most poems I write are fictional but some are not. Spiritual with a permanent spiritual experience. Write poems on many subjects. Always researching for many of my poems and because of my unquenchable thirst for knowledge. After reading and hearing about many near death experiences and death bed visions, I believe death is the ultimate awakening and the relocation of a lifetime. You may believe differently, but you have the right to be wrong -- I'm just messing with you. :-)
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