Fast Forward

Hot date

Hot sex

Hot marriage

Me

and

you.

Then

a

beautiful

daughter

aged

two.

Dancing

quick time

in

a

pink

Tutu.

Who

pressed

fast

forward?

Awkward

silences

and

shouty

goings

on.

Who

won?

No

one.

Hearts

Break.

Worlds

ache.

Malicious

Suspicious.

Ever

quicker

parents

become

declarants.

A ruckus

A fuss.

Now

we

are

old

there

is

only

cold

between

us.

Pensioned

never

to

be

mentioned.

Me and

you

and

a

daughter

aged

thirty-two.

Who

pressed

fast

forward?