Do you remember how we sat together to savour the baked potatoes
The kitchen redolent with cinnamon and saffron, hands clasped
Eyes locked ,hearts hopeful ,we spoke of home, children, dogs
Banishing worries trivial we discussed animated details
of the wondrous life waiting for us to stake rightful claim

I remember also your promotion parties ,your temper outbursts ,
The children graduating ,the parents dying , the temple tours ,the doctor visits
Bad times eclipsing the good, dark shadows clouding the brightness we treasured
I kept burnishing ,you preferred embellishing , we sat in shared silence
Only interspersed by the clinking of spoons against our plates.

But, I forget when my dreams and your ambition collided head on
Desires , practicality, fiction, reality got enmeshed
Like the sweaters I knit now ,a tapestry of tangled coloured threads
Like my neurons, amalgamated masses of stored memories
Some clear as crystal ,some obfuscated like unshed tears