Lucy

I wrote a letter

To Lucy

On a loose sheet

Of paper from

A sketch pad

To tell her

The ‘kicks’ 

I get out of 

This relationship

Are better than 

Bruce Lee’s

Of all the fish

In my net

From 

The blue sea

You do seem 

To be

The best catch

The interplay

Between

You and me

Is a chess match

Forward-moving

Pieces

So, no setbacks

You do indeed

Give me a high

That usually 

Can only

Be achieved

By the

Hydro-fuelled

Stream

Of a jet pack

You say you’d

Never use me

Or be upset

If I arrive

Home late?

But isn’t it so

Correct that

Females 

All are stressed

When their men

Don’t send

An email

Call or text?

I know when 

I get back

They’ll be 

Questions asked

Cause you often

Check activity

On your phone

Or your eyes

Are glued to

The computer

Screen

Every day

The sun shines

And the moon

It gleams

So as the days 

Went by

Time came

For us

To fill up

Our nest

Add

A fresh batch

Of babies

When the eggs

Hatched

Family and

Friends gathered

Aunty Jen can’t

Believe they 

Take so much

After us

“Goodness,

They have the same,

Precise and exact

Features 

Their parents have”

Lucy,

When I first saw 

Your beauty

I was stunned

It was much

Amazement

When the police

Interviewed me

And asked

“Who took

Your breath away?”

I didn’t want to 

Have you indicted

Therefore

I didn’t construct

A statement

That night

I had a dream

Just like

The Beatles

I saw Lucy

In the sky 

With diamonds

Had always

Known you

From afar

I wondered

“Who’s she?”

Her style

Is vibrant

Plus

Her Mona Lisa

Smile is timeless

Lucy

It was my duty

To make you

My wife

And I told

Myself

I won’t have

True peace

Or lose sleep

Till I’ve fulfilled

My assignment

Mission accomplished