Destiny

I walked the night

All sticky with sweat

No end in sight

Full of regret

 

The temperatures rise

The John’s come a plenty

To my surprise

There is one of gentry

 

We sat in his car

Talking of the weather

The encounter bizarre

We just sit together

 

A carrot and a half

He took from his pocket

Its own epitaph

Engrave with a locket

 

The pictures inside

One of him and of her

He showed me with pride

‘It belonged to my mother.’

 

His mother was dead

His girlfriend had vanished

Tears they were shed

I let him finish

 

For all that we did

Talk about our lives

Me and my kid

His nearly wife

 

The hours they passed

Sunrise approaching

Then he asked

What I was just hoping

 

He suggested we go

On a proper date

I should have said no

But this could be fate

 

After months of seeing

This lovely young man

My heart was seeking

With him a clan

 

A different ring

Then he showed me before

My heart daring

Our love pure

 

We were wed on the first

Month of the next year

My heart fit to burst

The congregation did cheer

 

I had never believed

In true happiness

Our daughter conceived

Born at Christmas

 

We looked down

At her in her crib

Had I not worked the town

She wouldn’t have lived

 

I believe it was fate

That brought us together

A house with a gate

We now have forever