When We Met and Fell In Love
When We Met and Fell in Love
(half a century ago)
By Franklin Price
03/02/2022
When we met so long ago, another time, another place.
I felt a pull, a need for you, when I looked upon your face.
We both had love to give someone, who would be with us for life
Never thought, when I first met you, that you'd ever be my wife
You were married to another in that other place and time
He cheated and he used you, all of us were in our prime.
I had just returned from Vietnam, where I received a “Dear John” letter
My first wife, while I was there, had found another who was better.
We had met, when in high school, through her mom, I knew at work
She was a year behind me, that we met was just a quirk.
I was a Senior, she a Junior. At school, she was unknown to me.
Had I not wanted extra money, this tale I tell would never be.
One thing led to another, in those days back in the past
In a short time we would marry, as you can see, it did not last.
We were divorced before I got home, from that war across the sea
I separated from the service. I was alone, was only me.
I got a job at KSC; Man would soon walk on the moon.
One giant step for mankind ; I would take another soon.
In the midst of all this hub bub, you separated from your mate
I did my best to comfort you. I once again was tempting fate.
Our lives were intermingled by the histories we had
The relationships we'd gone through, sometimes good, but mostly bad.
We felt a bond between us, and when your own divorce was done,
I asked you if you'd marry me; you said yes, I'll be the one.
We took our vows, said our I do's, we meant them from the heart
Said we'd always be together, until death, then we would part.
That time is now upon us, more than fifty years have passed
You are gone, and I'm still here, our love forevermore will last.
Our marriage was our destiny. God said it was to be
I gave you all the love I had, and you gave your love me
I know I need to travel on, need to move on down the road
I must think of how to do it, don't want to go in overload.
We did everything together until you breathed your very last
Now I must go on alone, don't want to move along too fast
Friends and family are here for me, want me to visit, come around
I still need to wait awhile, until I am on firmer ground.
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