THE OLD RADIO

Another lonely dawn of deep drifting snow

She wakes up all alone with an old heavy heart.

Feeling nothing

Nothing but loneliness and the cold.

She`s just remembering the life she had so long ago

As she rubs away the ice from her window pane.

She sees that its started to snow heavy again.

She painfully and slowly makes her way to her fireside seat

Her only friend the tabby cat curled up at her feet.

She sips her tea as she daydreams of all those years gone by

Of her happier times

Her old friends and close ties.

She`s remembering all the love he gave to her so tenderly

But he`s long gone.

So she just sits there heartbroken

All alone and sadly she cries.

She turns on the old radio

Now her only treasure.

It was the last gift he gave to her

It always gave them both so much merryment and pleasure.

They`re playing all the old songs of her youth

All those years sadly long gone.

She has trouble believing eighty years have since flown.

She sits there all alone, cold and with tears in her eyes

She`s back in the time of those heady days gone by.

She sighs as she thinks of the beautiful young couple that they used to be.

They were so in love, all hail and hearty.

She`s remembering their wedding day!

And long gone Christmas parties.

In her mind she opens the door

Then suddenly with a tight and loving warm embrace!

" My darling sweet Valentine " he roars.

" Come sit with me  my precious one

Oh my darling girl you are the one I`ve been waiting so long for. "

The next morning a naighbour came round to see

Worried as they hadn`t heard a sound, not even a squeek.

They found her just sitting in her favourite chair

The cat curled up on her knee.

She had the most beautiful happy smile on her face.

One they had never seen the old lady ever wear.

She was at peace now

In his arms again and just so carefree.