Widow Woman

What do you imagine
When you say the word
"widow"?

An old lady dressed in black?
Grandchildren?
A fulfilled life?

For old
read fifty two.
Dressed in black?
Never.
A fulfilled life?

Our life was just beginning.
We had grown perfectly contented,
Understood one another too well
Finished each other's sentences.

How else do you define marriage?

Now, prematurely, I am widowed,
I must redefine myself
Before I begin to act
like an old lady
Dressed in black.