Showing Up
Old now
Really old, 78
But beautiful
Stunning
Gorgeous
They gleamed
Glowed
Eyes dazzling
Skin shinning
Middle of the jungle
Long boats
Long Houses
Long days
Sleeping on floors
In huts with no doors
Borneo
Pinnacles to Climb
At 78
Skimpy shorts and t-shirts
Muscles flexed
Backpacks strapped
At 78
Both doctors
Met in med school
Fell in love
They were nice
Canadian nice
Real Canadians
They floated
They beamed
How
Why
What
So many questions
Tell all
Sit
First we fix broken Annie
Love a tale
Do tell
Love at first sight
Then marriage
Then home
And a practice
Out on the Canadian prarie
Life was good
Kids to come
Adventures to be had
Years passed no kids
Drinks
More drinks
No kids
More drinks
Then rows
Then drinks
Then no kids
I’m off she said
Bags packed
Love lost
Toronto bound
New apartment
New job
New life
She came back to sign the papers
One last dinner he said
Ok
Laughter
Remembered the good days
And then
An idea stirred in her head
Love is clever
Love is smart
Love always finds a way
To stay
What if
What if we don’t have kids
Say no
Not for us
Each year we work six months
Travel six months
See the world
Doctor sick and poor
Meet new people
New horizons
New places
New stories
New adventures
And they did
One rule
Never go back to the same place.
First trip Himalayas and Tibet
They were 38
For forty years
They saw they world
No drinks
No rows
No kids
Just love
A love never seen before
And never to be seen again.
It was in their eyes
In the pores of their skin
In their touch
In their embrace
We’re old, 78
The youngest couple ever seen
Next year, last trip
Where to
The Himalayas and Tibet
It was the most beautiful of all
And sometimes rules have to be broken
What’s the secret
She smiled
We show up


Way to go, John!
Wow! This is so beautiful. I felt so much traveling through that couple's life journey with the help of your words.
What a joy that love was clever enough to find a way!