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That was Then

Loving you was the hardest thing to do

Yet I knew I loved you when we met

CB Radio we connected, back then there was no net

1 9 for a copy, and you kicked me back on that

 

Every opportunity we had, we'd stay up and chat

Even fell asleep whilst listening to you, but never wanted to let go that mike

Didn't think you d really like me, but I remember you for your spike

Think you said I walked funny, then I said its cause I stand tall

 

Yet each year we were together, you helped me build a bigger brick wall

No longer did I stand tall, as I stooped my head in pain

Each time you left me hurting, I swore It was the last and then

 

I found out I was pregnant, my baby number two

As you walked out the door, I told you, felt the right thing to do

You said that I was saying this just to keep you by my side

Even though you knew within yourself I had your baby inside

 

The years they passed, I played happy families, yet inside was in despair

Wanted to run and leave behind the memories that harboured there

Yet I felt I could not live without you, for our family we were four

You tore a bit of me each time you packed and walk out the door

 

You blamed my depression, yet you help to make it hard

Each time I tried to find help, you'd deal me a dirtier card

Yes, we were very young, yet we lasted 13 years

I even married after ten, even though I was in tears

 

I never wanted to marry you, I done it for the boys

Wanted a family so bad, yet was the boys who gave me more joys

You never played the dad I wished, was me who played the ball

One day I started to feel stronger, then popped up another brick wall

 

I realised I was never in love with you, merely holding onto dreams

But I never dreamt this pain, lies and deception, you tore me from the seams

I broke away from you, my fear was my kids minds

You even tried to confuse them, you really were not kind

 

I built up my own little haven, to keep my boys so safe

A mortgage on minimum wage, from you, a help, yes I did keep faith

Yet you gave me pittance to help to bring them up with needs

Your selfishness and greediness, I swore would never breed

 

I brought them up realising that things they must earned

Trying hard to make them appreciate, but this had already been learned

They both truly surprised me, they had grown up really quick

As I whispered to them gently, be children, as a lollipop they did lick

 

We laughed, we cried, we loved, but mostly we all matured in different ways

Isn't it amazing how Karma, in life does play

Happiness lives in our house, no regrets, no looking back

For now I see with me and the boys, we were always top of the pack.

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Written by
jay-taylor
Scottish
Published
Jul 28, 2010
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© Jackie Taylor (Gautier)

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