I loved you when as children we met,
you in Levi’s with your hair slightly wet.
In your eyes, I found my long lost friend.

In each morning, we found the dawn,
a golden memory to latch upon.
It comes back to me now in moments of rare silence.

Those schoolyard boys they tried to own,
the gift I’d saved for you alone.
My virginity wrapped and tied up with a bow.

You on bended knee asked for my hand,
on my finger you slipped a band.
I had to sit for fear of losing footing.

The baby created with our love,
was sent to the heavens with all my love.
On a rickety table, I let them rip out the life.

‘Twas not to be, our wedded bliss,
lost in a moment of thoughtlessness.
You boarded that plane and went to live without me.

In a world of thoughts gone rotten,
my promise to you has been forgotten.
“I will never touch a man but you.”

There’s no such thing as happily ever after.
My painful cry echoes in your newborn’s laughter.
Another woman was fated to bear your son.

I want to tell you this right now,
that years ago I made a vow
to never let you break my heart again.

So don’t go calling me in the night,
asking to marry me and make things right.
For I have moved on to catch my breath again.

Thank you for the lessons learned,
the advent of a womanhood earned.
Once in a while I’ll stop and view the sun.