Years ago I met you just when you were but a boy,
I felt like I had known you for so long.
For months ahead I thought of us as you lived far away,
and I thought our loving friendship was so strong.
But I found that you had gone to live in heaven up above,
passing from our earthly life below.
And it broke my heart to know that I'd never see you live,
a life to share with those of whom you had known.
Then came the single life of a military man
and I felt the touch of love again so strong.
But once again I was to have a man who felt the need
to pursue a life in which I didn't belong.
Far away I felt the pain of love call once again,
though unwelcomed it will always be to me;
a man who was never mine brought a magic to my life,
it was a love never meant to be.
This heartbreak led me to another man who was to be my king,
he made me feel just I was like his queen.
But like before this heart of mine lay broken by its fall,
when he left me for a girl who was half his age at least.
So for now I will wait for the next to come along,
as I try to learn from all of my mistakes.
Though I remember all these loves and I hide them in my mind,
I wait 'til a time for a heart that doesn't ache.
Jul 28, 2013
Jul 28, 2013 at 2:40 PM UTC
Years ago I met you just when you were but a boy,
I felt like I had known you for so long.
For months ahead I thought of us as you lived far away,
and I thought our loving friendship was so strong.
But I found that you had gone to live in heaven up above,
passing from our earthly life below.
And it broke my heart to know that I'd never see you live,
a life to share with those of whom you had known.
Then came the single life of a military man
and I felt the touch of love again so strong.
But once again I was to have a man who felt the need
to pursue a life in which I didn't belong.
Far away I felt the pain of love call once again,
though unwelcomed it will always be to me;
a man who was never mine brought a magic to my life,
it was a love never meant to be.
This heartbreak led me to another man who was to be my king,
he made me feel just I was like his queen.
But like before this heart of mine lay broken by its fall,
when he left me for a girl who was half his age at least.
So for now I will wait for the next to come along,
as I try to learn from all of my mistakes.
Though I remember all these loves and I hide them in my mind,
I wait 'til a time for a heart that doesn't ache.
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