ONE BREATH AT A TIME

Well, I was old

and you were ... beautiful.

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Imagine, an old man

wanting someone like you.

Did I think it was impossible?

Probably, from the beginning;

but I won't admit that,

especially to myself.

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Sometimes, when I read one of your letters

(one of the warm ones),

I hear you reading it;

I hear the music of your lovely voice.

Seventy-six years old and dreaming of you.

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Dreaming ... dreaming;

(yet you dreamt of me,

at least for a while).

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Some dreams hurt

all one's life.

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