Love has no expiration

We were 17 at the time. A chance encounter missed. We went to the same Highsvhool and somehow our paths never crossed. Not that our frinds didn't try. We had a mutual friend that tried to introduce us, but she was shy and didn't feel anyone could want her, and I just left a bad relationship myself at the time. Let's fast forward 30 years. It's funny, it was really like an old black and white movie scene.

Time warp to present day...I spent 6 hours on that bus to Cleveland Ohio to meet her. I didn't sleep at all the night before because my nerves were shot. While I sat on that bus, before I drifted off to nap, I kept thinking to myself....

...I know I'm stubborn, hard headed, and at times arrogant beyond belief. Truth be told though, of the many things I love about her since meeting her is she's almost identical to me personality wise. All the way down to her temper....I've said it once I'll say it again and it won ever change...crazy is absolutely sexy. We are two crazy kids and yeah we hit road bumps, some we put in on our own inadvertently.

So here's the thing...she's the one I want, she's the one I connect with, for 30 years we missed out, she's not used to a guy who will go get the girl, she's the chase of a lifetime, literally...and yeah, I can be over the top, but she loves it. It's our thing. She's my moment in time, I'm her first kiss she always wanted...you want to know the truth?... Humphrey Bogart said it best during that 1950's film, In a Lonely Place..

" I was born when she kissed me, I died when she left me, I lived a few weeks while she loved me"

I walked off of that bus, it'd been well over 25 years since he'd seen the lights of his hometown. I straightened myself up, fixed my hat, and walked outside of the station to meet her.

Her message said she was driving a Mercury Mariner. Yours truly walked down the strip about 15 ft before he caught a glimpse of her. There she was in her car anxious as all get out. She was gathering herself up and opened her car door and stepped out. All I could do was smile. First night home and the welcoming committee was a tall, long legged redhead with eyes a brighter blue than sapphires in the sun's gaze. She walked right up to me, wrapped her arms around my neck and giggled like a soft spoken school girl.

"HI Johnny" She smiled so shyly it made my heart melt instantly.

"Hello to you Baby Blue," I kissed her again and time stopped. All I could feel was the city lights of Cleveland spin around us and all I could think was, 'Dam, I'm finally home.'.

My journey through lifee finally led somewhere. I found my road and I finally left my rregrets behind me. She was my end goal, my finish line. She was the pot of gold at the end of the rainbow I had chased since I was just a bboy. We all search for our happy ending but I found something much more. It might be the end of my journey alone but it is the start of a new adventure. This time I'm not alone. I have my soulmate.

That's how it feels...one exception, I still live and she still loves me. That's how it will stay...our story doesn't start with a once upon a time, it starts like this...There once was a time, when dreams were born from hardships. We fought hard, and our dream is just beginning. They say til the end of time, I decline, I say until the end of ays. Our love, eternal.