Memorial Moment

And carried them willy nilly to me,

As you pushed me on the merry-go-round.

"Stop," I laughed, as your feet pounded the ground.

"Only if you promise to marry me!"

Then, you speeded up and laughed in glee.

Now, new words echo in my heart's bastion:

"Your husband is missing in action."

Children still laugh, shout and squeal,

Blossoms still fall from the same playful breeze.

A small boy shouts, "Mama, let me push you, too!"

And, darling, he looks exactly like you.