five_year_reflectionsFIVE YEAR REFLECTION
I can hardly believe
that five years has gone by
since I received my diploma
from high school under a June sky
The hopes are still intact
but changes have been made
I decided to act
when everything started to fade
I loved a girl with red hair
who shared my birth date
I handled her with great care
but to marry her was not my fate
Oh Melody I wonder how you are
for I still love you in my heart
but we were lost under a star
and the distance forced us apart
I looked forward to going to school
at an university in town
I started not looking like a fool
and my brains did not let me down
A good quarter of school
then a trip to see a friend
my eyes did a flip
but too soon was its end
Disaster struck with a cold
in school I missed many days
later I skipped school rather bold
just to be out in the sun's rays
Oh school how did I fail
even though I did try to go back
but all I did was stall
until I finally dropped out
I hurt from the lost of Melody
and I looked for a new girl friend
then came my loving Dori
and our love will not end
I knew at the picnic
that I wanted her for my own
and I worked my little trick
of the future that is not known
We spent the fall weeks
falling in love and caring
trouble we did not seek
and we were caught up in the sharing
Oh Dori will I ever know
what really broke us apart
was it he simple time flow
but it broke my heart
Norman I wonder why
we ended up so far apart
but you died under a midnight sky
and your life was a lost art
Eugene I know why
you won't come to see me
you just can't stay dry
and you can see the trouble
Roger I was so glad
when I finally looked you up
we weren't very sad
when we talked over a hot cup
Oh friends who were dear
our fates are not clear
one is dead and one is unclear
oh friends who I held dear
It is hard to believe
that five years has past
the problems I have received
have matured me more than I can say
I have grown closer to God
with thanks going to Dori
even though it still hurts
to think of the lady named Dori
Paul Vernon Deffendall
February 1985
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