Lasting Love

the lasting love He gets up early to check his blood sugar level it can be too low in the morning, it's half a banana and make a toast, drinks coffee The nurse, supplied by the social services arrive at eight, to help his wife have a bath, comb her hair and give her the pills needed. Last night she had been her old happy self, but held his hands, fearful he should slip away again they had laughed and spoken of the old days They had met at a dancing restaurant, "Argentina" danced the tango so well, other people applauded after this, they had become, as is said, an item. 65 years they had been married and always in love to, perhaps, at the cost of their children who had left long ago, with a busy career in the main city. Today, if she is ok, they will drive to the coast stop and admire the calm sea, for him seeing so many oceans, see them as sleeping giants. On a bad day, when she was lost asking the nurse Who that strange man was; it’s your husband! No, she says it can’t be true, he looks so very old.