LONG LOVING

She was the heady stuff

          Of elite human beings

          Thinking her own thoughts

          Living her own life

          Being a modern woman

          She was all mine

          To a limited extent

          I was all hers

          To a limited extent

          In an old-fashioned marriage

          Life was splendid

          When we were one

          Dissatisfaction did bring        

Trying times on occasion

In our long loving marriage