Fate Decided

You saw me pretty as I sat

My head held high, my ponytail

with my red hair a sunny sight.

You looked at me with narrowed eyes

Your hunter’s face half hid in shade

Your mind caught me just on my luck

You called me up right after class

You tended me your car key pass

My eyes lit up full of delight.

That’s how we met, let’s fate decide -

And fate decided, many years

We crossed and lived each other’s lives

Until your marriage and you died

Years later, slowly, undenied

False happiness, all colourless

You lived for 92 long years -

I took your colours held them high

And read your hundred letters still

And off and on see you walk by

The same old you, and wink at me.