{Sometimes old poems ask to be reworked. This is a small example of just that.}

On Growing Old Together, A Love Poem

Will you scatter me over water
or throw me to the winds,
letting me float away?

Will your ashes mingle                                                                                       
with mine one day
when you too are gone . . .

              Ashes to ashes . . .

Will you take my hand again
and hold me close against the wind?
Will your eyes always smile with mine?

              Dust to dust . . .

Will our hearts travel as one
no matter where that might be?
Will our love be forever?

              Two stars together.

November 2025

This is a love poem written for my husband. We met in 1974, fifty-one years ago. This poem originally appeared on this blog in 2015, but I was never really happy with the ending. It never felt “right” to me. Those of you who are writers will know the feeling. You will know that some poems are meant to pop up again for you to rework it until it really is complete, and this is what I have done.

Growing older together has been a gift to both of us. We have shared so much and grown so much. Love is the one constant in the equation we call life. This poem is dedicated to my beloved husband and to all who have loved and been loved.

I’ve recorded myself reading the poem should you care to listen. Just click on the button below and give it a half a minute to begin.