She was never mine

I found her at the starting line of a new life From our first shared smile I dreamed her to be my wife Her eyes smoldered with an ember glow As her hair fell in an extinguished flow Before I could recover the time was go I started to race before she had a chance Then passed me by with her flashing glance I tried to keep up but couldn't match pace I was too slow for her taste She craved a more challenging race I chased and chased, slowly closing the gap Kept my head down, focused on the next lap Never stopped to study what was on my map But when I finally let my focus snap I found my feet pounding with all of their might And my flame, was far beyond out of sight Had I ran a race that lead me astray? Ran with zeal for the past thousand days Refused to quit and allowed delay Neglected the idea: she doesn't feel the same way Never thought to think: Does she even still run this way? She phoned me from her newfound oak-pine trail And I knew then that my feat had failed

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