L’Chaim!

Will we be strangers when 

      I see you again?

Will life resume normal and 

      Laugh like a friend?

I know in my heart what I’d like us

          To be

Two carefree warm hearts

         With roots like a tree

To you I’m devoted and won’t ever leave

         Too many years stolen

          and reasons to grieve

I’m tired and beaten and feel like a ghost

     But in your dear sweet presence

          I’d give LIFE a toast!  

~Haviva

© HVM 2019