Growing Older

They say you start to look like your pets But I think it is the same for humans too. After years together your partner, starts to looks like you. When we first wed we were tall and slim, I never thought one day that I would like him. He needed to shave only once a week His face only covered in fluff It was so romantic; I would shave him, and do other stuff. But as the years have passed, years of shaving him lovingly We never thought we’d get to the stage, When he was gonna shave me. Our slim builds have disappeared; we don’t know where they went We turned round one day and instead of new slim tops, I had to buy new tents. We used to share a single bed then moved from double to king And now there is still no room, for the proverbial cat to swing. He loves me to tickle him under the arm, it makes him go to sleep Now I find my arm can’t stretch that far, it nearly makes me weep. Photographs tell a tale that we never thought we would hear We turned around one day to find that couple had disappeared. Two gorgeous tall, slim, blond, statuesque beings, a god and a goddess And now we seem much shorter and rounder, in fact a bit of a mess But one thing is still the same even after all these years We still have the love we had, and we still can share the same tears We can laugh at the same jokes and cry at the same sad plays We share our hurts and woes, and yes still share a loving gaze. And at the end of each day and when the night has come We know we kept the vows that we took, And we truly have become one.