reading years

tell me my love, what have we learnt in golden years?
how is the heart strengthened by the distance of years?

when I look up the windows are covered with dust.
only my children know the passing of the years,

they tell me their cat had her first litter this spring.
I have not thought of you in almost seven years.

I do not try to remember the song you played,
they tell me the piano has not been tuned in years.

you are where the planets continue to wander.
well, you never counted revolutions by years.

I could not find a mirror that was not covered
with dust, but even photographs will show the years

if you look close enough. I do not look often
and my eyes are tired from the passage of years.

if I look down the floor will be covered in dust.
tell me my love, what have I learnt in seven years?