Lady in Lace

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LADY IN LACE

There are no maps that show the way to the Land of Peace of Mind.

I live in a time warp and the past has left its mark behind.

Though years have dwindled down and gone I am flooded with memories.

Invisible cords tie me to her still  and I can find no ease.

Pictures of her seem to ricochet around my tortured brain;

I see her walking down the path, as she will never walk again.

Curvaceous, yet with a narrow waist, and with an angel face;

A picture from another age, slender and dressed in lace.

My thoughts spin out of control again as they have done before

As I light a candle in the alcove that stands there by the door.

Daily, I make a penance; she was my darling wife

And yet in a drunken temper I took my sweet one's life.

The years in prison scarred me; now old age is unkind.

There are no maps that show the way to the Land of Peace of Mind.

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BETTER LATE THAN NEVER

I never had a party when I was a little child;

Britain was deep in World War Two, and everything was wild.

And I never had a party when I was in my prime,

Though I do remember, vaguely, a card or two at the time.

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But I remember my sixtieth! It was the day that I retired!

I'd worked as a teacher for forty years and departure was required.

I had three parties on the day and another one at night,

With sixty candles on cup-cakes making a brilliant light.

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And I remember my seventieth! We actually hired a hall

And I invited seventy guests and we really had a ball.

All my theatrical friends were there, performing on the stage;

And I felt really grateful to have reached such an ancient age.

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Then came my eightieth birthday with a family celebration,

And an evening spent in presenting a play, one of my own creation!

I felt younger during that evening than I'd felt twenty years before,

And now I look forward to ninety, wondering what's in store!

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I had no childhood birthdays, but youth doesn't last for ever.

It's very clear it's an obvious case of

'Better Late Than Never!'