Alicia

It snowed yesterday, we had no school

Played some hockey, came home bruised

Hi Mama, who’s your new friend

Hi Barbara, nice to meet you too

I headed for the family living room

To warm up and open a school book

That’s the moment you came into view

Sitting on our couch, hi, my voice breaking

And you said hi yourself, while smiling

I knew I’d never be the same, again

Your dress was a tartan plaid of green

An angel of beauty, I had never seen

I made small talk, you were new at school

How could I have missed your arrival

I felt like such a fool

Smitten was I, from the very start,

Wanting to give you all of my heart

The couple of years between us

Put an end to this crush

I hadn’t known you long enough

To see that you needed somewhere else

The day you departed, broke my heart

Thought I’d never be the same

But life and school and sport

Masked your loss, and left a scar

Which heal, they are what they are

Saw you once a few years later

At a diner just outside of Boston

We chatted, nervously caught up

Heart racing, poof, again you were gone

I was married, had four great kids then

They’ll never hear of us, or any traces

My memories, of our long loving embraces

I now know that you had children

Lived far away, living your life for family

You found God and He found you

A true love for you, and for me too

He blessed me with finding you again

And technology helped my heart to heal

Sorting out those long-hidden sorrows

Turned them into happier tomorrows

First loves come and go they say

But I’ll always remember that day

When God put love within my grasp

What I didn’t know was that

Your love would come to me one day

But by Him with Him, for always …