Our Island

Here we are, we two
veterans of a long and happy
life together, carefully dancing
to the refrains of the music
that rocked our world
as teens when over
sixty years ago we
opened our hearts
tender with youth and
yearning to one another.
Dancing as we have
accustomed ourselves
of latter years around the
island standing on our
kitchen floor, and now
at this very time a scant
several weeks post
open-heart surgery. Your
arms around me, guiding me
as you have done throughout
the times of our life as one
hearts beating in a tandem
of love: you, me, 
love and devotion.