A Friday, Always After Five
Posted by Stephen Pray in Poems - True Love on 18-7-12
Five Easy Pieces, a movie watched so long ago,
then four hours of sitting through
your families back-yard barbeque.
Wonder why I went
through so many changes
over you.
Three times you changed your mind,
over which dress to wear.
But the only change that I could find
was the two-bit advice
of friends, who didn’t mind
the view.
Once in a while I ponder over history,
I think it’s still a mystery
why we became such a couple of fools
underneath that apple tree,
do you?
It’s been more than thirty years,
I’m not supposed to drink that beer
but I’ll just have a sip or two.
A celebration of the anniversary
of the first time I fell in love with you.
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About the Contributor:
Stephen Pray was born in Portland, Maine, and grew up in the little town of Windham where he graduated high school. Even in those early years Steve was writing poetry, and his school librarian predicted that one day she would see his work in print. Stephen went into the Air Force in 1969 as a security policeman and was first stationed at Wheelus AFB in Libya. He then went to RAF Mildenhall, England, and met his future wife, Sharon, in near-by Cambridge. Steve and Sharon have been married for over 31 years and their love has given birth to three beautiful daughters. Their youngest child is Emily, who is a 23-year-old music major with hopes of teaching K-12. Middle child is Sally, who is becoming a child psychologist. First-born is Katy, who is wife to Brad and mother to Liam. Steve is proud of all his daughters’ accomplishments and he is very proud of his wonderful grandson. Understandably, love is a great inspiration for Steve’s poetry. Stephen roamed the world for 23 years with his wife and growing family, and the American Air Force, before retiring to Dayton, Ohio in the U.S.A. Stephen is a voracious reader of science fiction with over 4,000 books in his collection. He would like to take up sailing. He likes to watch movies, read lots of poetry, spend time with his family, and play with his dog, “Freckles”.
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