The English Couple

The English Couple They had a dream the old couple who came to our hamlet, their dream was a tiny house painted white and blue. A kitchen garden they had, lettuce and tomatoes, carrots too, and the gods smiled upon them, but not for long. She got bad knees could not bend down, he had back problem could no longer play golf or tinker with his car; their garden became a jungle, where weed strangled useful plants. back to their own country they flew said to come back soon, when wellbeing got better. He died first in his sleep, she followed him into eternity a month later. Their dream had been so modest, white and blue