My Neighbor and I

We sat down together
My neighbor and I
We talked for the first time
Long gone were our spouses
That prevented our talk
All these years

We discovered we are the same
We carried the same loads
We shared our pains
We encouraged each other
We said the things we should've
Said all these years

She said I was blessed
Being free twenty years earlier
Than her
I told her it's never too late
To start anew
Even after all these years

We laughed
We cried
We embraced
We expressed our love
We promised to live for ourselves
For the rest of our years