Our Anniversary

I wear today the tie I wore
so many years ago,
but I remember very well
how you asked me to show
the tie that I proposed to wear upon our wedding day:
and I remember very well
just what you had to say.

So that is how it came about,
(when you regained your voice),
the tie I wore that special day
came to be of your choice.
I've never bought a tie since then
but I have ties galore...
and still the ties come flooding in
I've lost count of the score.

Exotic in their range and hue
(our friends express surprise),
I wear my ties with pride because
they're sentimental ties.