STRANGE

Strange

Strange when you're young

you never think that your father

was once young like you.

Mine passed away a few years ago aged 92.

I was in a local store the other day browsing.

The store was full of mirrors

I happened to glance at one

and who did I see?

My father glancing back at me.

He was wearing a moustache.

I never knew him to wear a moustache

and yet it had already turned grey.

I hadn't noticed before.

He seemed a wee bit sad

I thought!

Perhaps it was the realisation

that he was getting on in years.

Then I heard a familiar voice from behind

it was my beloved wife Josephine.

Just then a smile broke out on my fathers face.

I recognised that smile

It was the smile he always had for my mother.

Strange!


Michael " The Sheriff " Sheils