Full Circle

It’s not long ago.

No, not so long ago...
They took great trips out West.
Camped all around Lake Michigan,
Marveled at the sunsets over sandy beaches.

She has many snapshots and memories.
But just last spring, their plans cut short.
The summer spent on surgeries, chemo and radiation.
And in January, cancer took his life.

Now every time she sees a truck, she thinks of him.
She works part-time at a grocery store where ‘70’s music plays
Reminding her of teen-aged days,
She was a cashier, and single then.

Life, it seems, has come full circle.
She’s single again.

She says it’s all so strange
But every time she see a truck, she thinks of him.

Forty years he’d been a mechanic, providing for his family.
She drives home from the grocery store on I-80,
The trucks all pass her by,
And every time, she thinks of him.