You would have been 51 today. I would have phoned. You would have said ‘Hi, Lil!’ We would have chatted, And laughed, and gossiped. Hours later, ‘I would have said, ‘Bye, El!’ It would have been so special. Nobody else would have understood Our private jokes, Our childhood fears, Our secret dreams… I wouldn’t haveContinue reading “Unhappy Birthday”
Rereading Jane Eyre 