Well, good morning, heart.
How are you today?
Let's get off to a good start
As we go on our way.
The sun is shining bright
Through the window;
What a beautiful sight -
The world all aglow!
As I open up my eyes,
The world is anew.
As I breathe with sighs
I smell the fresh dew.
Well, heart, What'll it be?
What's in store for me?
Is it something I can take?
Or is it another heartache?
A girl with a pretty face,
And a gentle embrace -
I tell myself she's mine,
For she is so fine.
But when I say aye,
My heart, you deny!
I feel she's for me,
But you say it can't be.
Yes, I know she's right -
Just like the other night:
I met her at a dance
And I took a chance.
I held her and pulled her close;
'Twas her love I chose.
And as I continued to hold her,
This is what I told her,
Just what I thought of her,
That there'd be no other.
She said she was sorry and late
To meet her steady date.
I learned my lesson well,
I'm sure you can tell.
With you, I could never part,
My dear, faithful heart.
USNRTC
Great Lakes, Illinois
Poem № 4
After getting a Dear John letter at Boot Camp, I had to face the fact it wasn't meant to be and she wasn't for me.
ReplyDeleteI realized after I had written this one, that I had unwittingly changed the rhyming scheme. It starts out with every other line rhyming - but then changes to consecutive lines.
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