Plans Not Fulfilled

They made plans for the holiday

Their respective children far away

Each left alone, they turned to their common bond

Of husbands long since gone

Of phone calls and lunches

Of shopping trips and excuses

Of growing older

 

Then one passes away

A month before the plan was to be engaged

And the one, who was already bereaving,

Bereaves anew, alone

And there is no communication

And there is no plan, anymore

 

What does she think, on this day?

What is she feeling deep inside?

What is the sorrow she is feeling…

For herself, her friend, or both?

 

They made plans for the holiday

So they would not be alone