The Fate Date


I held the pizza box over our heads
As the rain poured down from the sky
We smiled and kissed
Was an opportunity missed?
Memories fade with the passing of time

We stepped over a puddle
Despite the fact that we were wet
Who thought something so trivial
Would ever lead to such regret

What may have happened
Or what should have been
Has been replayed over and over again in my head
I try to recall every word that was said
As I lay down for slumber
Alone in my empty bed

A connection that never had a chance to take flight
We were just two passing ships
On a dim moonless night

When our date had occurred
We were only nineteen
And a lifetime it seems
Has passed by in between

It was fate without question
That it was not meant to be
Was our meaningless lusting
Why God intervened

Like a scene from a movie
I can still visualize
Myself frozen in silence
Like a deer in headlights
As I watched her drive off
And right out of my life

There's been a long line of lovers
Attempting to lead me astray
But none made the cut
Not a one made the grade

I left the past well behind me
So that I could move on
But the thought of another
Felt as much right as did wrong

I often still wonder
What may have or not been
If the clouds had all scattered  
From a strong gust of wind

I can't quite remember
How it all came to end
From the magic of a first kiss  
To a now past distant friend

We were too young and naive
To be bound and restrained
With the whole world awaiting
To discover our names

I pray you're now happy,
Well-established, and set
I pray you've come to love another person you've met

I hope you're not searching
The heavens filled with regret
But sitting warm by the fire,
dry and not wet.