Three lovely ladies agreed to meet

On a Spring day on a Lisburn street

Went for a coffee and had a chat

Oh, you know, about this and that

They spoke of friends they hadn’t seen

Enthused over places they had been

Showed photos of family members

As each one sighed and sadly remembers

Days gone by when they were young

Songs they knew that they had sung

Old loves resurrected

Family histories bisected

Tales of loved ones far away

Tales of visits home one day

Our trio reminisced

About opportunities they had missed

Infatuation and a broken heart

From a love affair that didn’t start

Friends who have died, those who are ill

Those that are with us still

After forty years these three friends met

Their catching up not over yet

They’ll stay in touch, friends once more

Just as close as they were before