TWENTY AND FOREVER

This is a poignant reflection on a life marked by deep and enduring love. The speaker, now 87, lost their wife in their twenties and has lived a life of solitude since then. Their wife was not only a partner but the very embodiment of the family they envisioned. In their view, loving her once was not enough; they would have cherished her even more if given the chance. The speaker's sentiment underscores a profound sense of loss and a longing for the life that might have been, with a hopeful yet bittersweet acknowledgment of how they would have embraced that love more deeply.