Jerry’s Journey – Couples

I remember
noticing
the couples
walking
side by side
along the hospital corridor.

Pairs of people,
two’s in tandem.
Familiar hands holding,
familiar voices scolding,
murmuring,
comforting.

Husbands and wives,
lovers old and new.
Some bustling,
some shuffling,
others fit and sprightly young.

And I realized
suddenly
joyfully
how lucky I was
to still be one of a pair –
the other half of one love.

To have and to hold
from this day forward
till death us do part.

I know you’re back
reluctantly, my love,
but I’m in your corner, no matter what.
Remember that.