Clandestine Clementine
Unblinking eyes without reproach
Past glories lay behind them
Unfathomable thoughts, as when
Your measured steps approach.
Resignedly yet full of trust
You are the gift you bear
Compliant, you expect to share
We both do what we must.
You live your life, you know not mine
We give to one another
Apart our lives must differ
Still our worlds do intertwine
Once you were a playful kitten
Then adventures sent you roving
Now asleep, your whiskers twitching
Never will your book be written.
