Fruitcake

“Wouldn’t it be nice to have Fruitcake”, she said
Playful, lightening the weight of our conversation.
During the Sri Lanka war, they’d have to go into bunkers, he’d said
I wondered what they’d have to eat while they waited with trepidation.

“She looked like a ‘Daisy’”, he said. “Bright and strong.”
I guess I always loved her from the start.
“I love his tenderness”, she said. “When I’m with him, the way my heart bursts into song.”
Oh it’s hard to give him nicknames. A perfect name, he’s had, from the start.

“Our love story is one of the greats”, he said
She’ll always be a part of my heart. 
“Oh I can just gush and gush about him”, she said
We’ve grown while apart and together, it’s sweet and tart.

“We were married amid tall trees and green moss” he said
Finally, we were together and began to build our forever.
“Our union was special. Love inside and all around”, she said.
This is our love story – Then, now, and forever.