Judy and John

We were waiting to board a boat when I happened to be blessed to come across a bench close by the ocean… this bench was facing west. With an inscription from a husband to his wife… now obviously gone It read ‘Judy, in “All Ways” the love of my life… the author’s name was John. The second line which was written, I imagine, with no regrets went on to read ‘Remembering the Joys of Love & Great Sunsets’. I never knew this couple either together or after Judy was gone I never had the good fortune of knowing Judy and John. And though I never knew them I could see them sitting there…holding hands watching the sun set into the ocean… as its shadow crossed the sand. And though I never knew them… I think its amazing how from an inscription on a bench they shared… I kind of know them now. As I reread the message John left Judy I felt happy and a little sad… For though I never knew them… I kind of wish I had.