WAITING

By Vibeke Lindhardt

I was 23 when I walked down the road

With a child in my hand

With a heart that was cold.

He was not my man

I had made a mistake

But the child I loved

and could not forsake.

Many years went by

Twenty-eight all in all

Just on Mother’s Day

I still can recall

When he said to me

There is someone else.

I want to be free.

I was torn inside

I knew it was true.

He was not my man

That I could not hide.

She loved him now

Just the way I should.

But could not endow.

My hair turned grey

But my heart still warm

And there he was.

Without forewarn.

The love of my life

Though most years were gone.

I became his wife.

I am born on 8 September 1937. Married Keld Neumann Johansen 23 Feb. 1957 because I was pregnant.  Our child Sussie Linda Neumann Johansen was born 7 June 1957.

Keld left on Mother’s Day 12 May 1985 for a younger woman

Bent Lindhardt and I met 2011 and was married in Toquerville 24 June.

I felt very strongly that he was my eternal companion, but I left Bent November 2018 because I felt emotionally and mentally unsafe.