Beloved

Here I am, dearly beloved
prepared to guide and welcome
you to the eighties
having arrived through the
            logic of birth
before you. Now you have
joined me, finally
             once again
caught up to me, my dear.
In 1949 when we first met
who might have imagined
this day would arrive?
               And here we are
you and me with our
memories shared and
cherished, together at this
venerable age, beloved.