CHRISTMAS 1950
68 years ago my parents were married in a brief ceremony reflecting the austerity of the post war years. Their marriage was a long and happy one and today I remember them both with love and gratitude.
CHRISTMAS
1950
How
young they were,
posed
on their wedding day
gloved
and suited,
shy
beauty illuminating
her
austerity grey.
Breakfasted
on mushrooms,
honeymooned
for an afternoon,
hand
in hand wandering
the
Science Museum,
cream
tea in Lyons Corner.
Sneaking
back along the
railway
track, to reach their
dolls
house caravan home,
mud
splashed through fields,
so
as not to be seen.
Hidden
away for Christmas,
stain
glassed sun casting
sparkling
light on paper chains
as
pine needles spiked army
blankets
on fold down bed.
© 2018 Jacqueline Knight Cotterill. All rights reserved.
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