SO LONG AGO...

So long ago when i was young

When all the world had just begun

I was young and so were you

I offered up a heart so true

After more than a few defeats

And others that were just a treat

I met you and my heart surrendered

Something about you my heart remembered

Then the moment that i feared

We shook hands and the world disappeared

Lost in that moment for so long

Right in that moment i did belong

Almost painful was your touch

But i wanted it wanted so much

I loved you in a few short days

Tragic now as my mind replays

Many years passed hand in hand

Tho we fought our love was grand

I pity you for all the while

An anger sirred and spewed forth bile

How unkind my words would be

And yet you kept on loving me

All the while wish i had said

That if not for you id surely be dead

I wish that i had had those words

And that your heart id never stirred

Wish id never caught your gaze

The years since then you could have saved

Not wasted any time on me

I think quite often what you would have been

If youd not met the likes of me

I can say from then till now

You have my soul and i dont know how

Then came the day you chose yourself

And then you chose somebody else

As for your choice i cant find fault

And could not blame you to want a halt

That day came and out you went

I did not fight you, gave consent

Took a deep breath and recognized

Your happiness was what i prized

Its all i wanted for you too

Even tho it left me blue

Now we stand many years gone by

Still my friend and i still try