Getting Old Together

Getting old together There is an unspoken acceptance you share in silence No need to be entertaining you are boring if you tell the same story twice. Yet, you do. They say there is much to learn from soap opera, a lecture I can do without we have two TV, and I hold my tongue. She sits in the living room, I sit in my study we meet briefly when it is time for bed. We speak about plans for tomorrow and the coming winter. A kiss of a good night. She goes to her bedroom I go to mine. We live in a peaceful home; the only sound is the ticking clock.