Bred

My wife
Of over half
A century used
To say to me as a
Divorcee she knew
If one person says it is
Over then it is over even
If the other wants it to last.
Good advice to an old man
Too in love with love to admit
To death or circumstance
A chance for happiness
Has ended so time to
Pick up the pieces
And go home a
Thing I am not
Bred to do as
I am patient
Persistent
And persuasive
Beyond all belief
Believing it is
Not over as
Long as I
Have a
Hope,
I am
Bred to
Persevere.