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Living Space

by  Brian Aird

Posted: Sunday, December 11, 2005
Word Count: 179
Summary: Well it seemed like I good idea when I wrote it!




Where do they end and I begin?
here will do

When do I start and they end?
now will do

my time
my taste
my bedroom
my republic
my don't-cross-line
my time-out-line
my life
my space
my way; not your way
my say; not your say
my homework; not your nag-work
my hairstyle; not your cut-to-length hair
my lovers; not your come-to-tea friends
my moving away day; their on-their-own way
my last hug-for-them day; their another-what-did-we-do-wrong day
my getting married day; their great re-union day
our children arrive; (their grandparents arrive )
our children's first birthdays; our great-joy days
our children's first tantrums; our first-what-did-we-do-wrong days
our children's first school prizes ; our so-proud-of-you days
our children's first fights; our we'll-always-love-you days
our first fight; our first amicable agreement
our divorce, my rest-of-my-life way
our children thrive; we're all just-busy-being-alive
my parents change-of-life way
my parents death days
my know-what-it-means days (I should-have-visited-more they say)
my wear black days
my last farewell days

Where shall I remember them?
here will do

When shall I remember them?
always will do