Tenors of a Tenner

How did it go, all these years?
What did it give, the decade gone by?
Was it Bouquets, all along?
Or, were there brickbats too?

Didn’t you meet many, all these years?
How did they fare, bonds of the decade gone by?
Did they turn out to be enduring ones?
Or, were they like meteors on a starry night?

Yet, you did have your bit, didn't you?
To be proud of the decade gone by.
For it made you a sound professional,
a fine wife, and a loving mother too!

This was written for my colleague, Meena, who completed 10 years at our organisation on the 31st of May, 2011.