You Promised

We were just children, barely
into our teen years when you
decided to take charge. You were
confident and I was your confidant
a natural selection in a brace of
shared longing. You were quick
to promise just about everything
I would ever want, the moon
and the stars blinking down on
us during night-time summer
strolls would all be mine, you
would make that a certainty. I
really had no wish to have the
moon and the stars, preferring
them to remain in the firmament
where we could admire them any
time we liked. Even now as we
walk under a night sky, a lifetime
later at each other's side
we have one another and a full
sixty-five years of time together
all because you kept your promise.