For Me, For Us

For me,

now at age seventy-eight, 

for my wife

now at age sixty-eight

both of whom may be considered...

actually both,

my wife and myself

are considered as "older".

For my wife and myself

"older" however

does not mean passionless,

older,

for we,

for my wife,

for me

for those…

those whom are not yet considered as "older'"

may wonder of "older" passion.

For now,

for we,

for my wife

for me

passion has a different meaning.

For now the sense of the warmth of my wife

for now the sense of the warmth of myself;

still closeness and touch are with us

though the sight and feel of her

though the sight and feel of me

still move our humanistic senses.

However the passion of now

may not mean the breathless,

sharp release of our yesterdays

but more so the ongoing sense of wonder,

more so the ongoing sense of being held

body to body, flesh to flesh

closely within the arms of one so dearly loved.

The need of fulfillment for the one loved,

the need of self-fulfillment still there

but in a softer sense,

for the physiological changes within

my wife

for the physiological changes within

myself

do not always allow for the

breathless, sharp release of our yesterdays

but always for the sense of wonder,

always for the ongoing sense of being held

warmly

body to body,

warmly

flesh to flesh.

closely within the arms of one so dearly loved.

©November 22, 2011 / Mark M. Lichterman