Twenty Five Years

Twenty five years

That pass in a nod

In a wink

Whizz by in the blink of an eye

Quicker than drinking

Before you can think

Twenty five years

Jammed to the rafters

With boxes of laughter

And crates of adventures

And loving hugs crammed into corners

and crevices

Shoved down the backs of sofas

And hoarded in cupboards

In nooks and in crannies

Momentos and memories

And even the kitchen sink

Is filled with flowers long gone

Black-eyed Suzies and yellow roses

But their perfume and colours

still lingering on.

Twenty five years

Who would have expected

The fun and the joy

To have lasted so long?

The stories we made, the music

We played, the melody still going strong

Twenty five years

And the past grows and grows

And each month overflows, and each day spills

Into the next like a song you can’t lose

Showtime of new shoes,

Tears in the shade

But fun in the sun when you ain’t got the blues

Such a shame that the memories fade

But the game carries on

New memories made

Our marriage just doesn’t feel old

Twenty five years, we’ve the silver

Now the thrill of going for gold