"Arrangement" written on 13/02/2019

an old crinkled
black and white
photo
tells the story
 
he’s an unsmiling 42
she’s a grim 21
 
after the war
to end all wars
she was faced with
limited options
 
options her age
were obliterated
in the fields of
France
 
now
on the island
called “the rock”
 
she looks around
finally
forfeiting love for
a sensible
arrangement
 
allowing her to
survive