Sweptaway

�Swept Away

I remember when we were teens,

trying to live by our rules,

playing around together all day,

and sometimes skipping school,

We were never caught up in the scene,

we both stayed straight and hit the books,

you were the boy genius so renowned,

above average I.Q. and above average good looks,

I remember the way you'd smile at me,

half crooked, with just a glance,

Shy boy with cute dimples,

and a lazy slouching stance,

I remember when you used to study,

you always had a pencil in your mouth,

when you'd concentrate really hard,

Sometimes you'd say you liked the South,

Out of all your travels I never knew why,

I think perhaps it must have been me,

But everything started getting crazy then,

and you got harder and harder to see,

You always wore a flannel shirt,

with a T-shirt underneath,

I also know what you wore under your khakis,

and it certainly wasn't briefs,

Oh, you were so young only seventeen,

but back then I was jailbait too,

Remembered when we tried drinking beer?

What trouble we got into!

Your boyish charm you worked it so well,

"rebel uptown boy" you played like a part,

but I saw through all the labels,

and we met heart to heart,

Those eyes! Like a calm sky,

as you stood on the edge,

pulling me back to your safe arms,

and away from the world's dredge,

Your honeyed bangs pressed to my forehead,

with each soft kiss of youth,

We'd lay and plan our future,

a zealous search for Truth,

We had so many sugared nicknames,

you brought me rose petals for my bath,

Romantic though that these things were,

you also helped with my math,

Memories of a long lost time,

back then our goals were set,

we couldn't foresee what would happen,

the thunderstorm hadn't hit us yet,

We hadn't even begun to get crazy,

but I remember when you pierced your ear,

I got you a diamond stud and a gold hoop,

I never realized you still held them dear,

My most special memory is of candle light,

when you promised me eternal happiness,

and gave me a red rose and a diamond ring,

For my tears, it was hard to say yes,

Seeing you now, the man you've become,

so many years from long ago,

I can't but think of the boy I loved,

and wonder why I let him go,

We both know that the darkness engulfed me,

I pushed everyone away to fight it alone,

And after years past, in the eye of the storm,

my heart was as impenetrable as stone,

I always felt I was swept away from you,

so when you came back we tried it again,

but time and the weather had changed us,

Still, you've always made an excellent friend,

Everything changes in a decade or so,

nothing at all is still the same,

Except that I know when I need a companion,

all I have to do is call out your name,

And I can still hear your fresh laughter,

so free from troubles and out of time,

I'll always cherish those days in the past,

when I had the pleasure of calling you mine.

Hosted by www.Geocities.ws