We, were high school sweethearts,
Football player,
Cheerleader,
Storybook, puppylove,
Everyone's idea of a perfect couple,
But we never lasted beyond high school
Too many mountains left to climb,
A football scholarship,
A sweet, goodbye,
You went away....I had to stay here,
Years went by...no contact,
We stopped keeping in touch,
I married..
So did you,
We reconnected,
by accident one year..
We were in our thirties...
you were home alone..on business
ran into you, in a coffee house
We shared our stories...
your successes...
my average life..
our children's pictures, spouses..
We talked of our failures...
We laughed..
cried alittle..remembered...
We talked of our past...good times
couldn't quite...remember any bad
The air became thick with memories,
we looked at each other
smiled....old feelings laying just below the surface...
you felt ...you better go
Seven years pasted, since then..
We'd write once and awhile...
talked on the phone a bit..
Your children grew..as did mine
Then one day..you called,
Asked me to come to you.. right away,
You needed me.......
Your wife was dying.. cancer
Your heart.. breaking and the tears..wouldn't come..
you were bitter,
Disillusioned...fearful
I held your head..
sat with your wife,
met your kids...
Took control..so you could just be with her..
Five days later, she passed away
You still wouldn't cry,
Your children resented you..
though both grown..
they never forgave you, for not being there, while they grew up...
you traveled, for work,
Gone most of the time
I arranged her funeral...
remained another four days,
To help rearrange things
I knew you needed to cry..
You just wouldn't..
At night we'd sit and talk..
You'd look into my eyes..
and ask me, "Why"
I had no answers for that..
not one clue..I knew not what was
God's plan
Then one night looking at me,
You said, "You know, I still love you"
Dumbfounded, I knew not, what to say
I looked at the floor, I couldn't
look at you, or see you looking
at me that way..
I said a prayer, out loud for you
I asked God to heal you..
for your mind to clear and your
life to settle
It was then you fell on your knees
to the floor..sobbing
and I ran to you, wrapped my arms
around you and rocked you
like a baby, back and forth,
I hugged you and wiped your tears,
I knew then...at that moment..
you would be alright
and now babe...your leaving me again.....