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I'd been busy, so did not phone

You until I was on my way

To Bristol, not that I had realised

You might be concerned, but the time

Had slipped by and this was the first chance

I'd had even to text.  Then you called

Concerned - Pouring out the list of risks

I might have run within the silence.

Of course, all was well, but how fragile

Our hope, when both of us require

Persistent proof that we are still alive!

You'll never know how

Much that phone call meant to me;

Knowing I am loved.

Suddenly the thought of all the years

We still might have together

Makes me smile, content,

Excited by the chance

Of growing up unfettered

Side by side.

Brian Hick December 2011

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