by Shen-Li Lee

Created on: February 15, 2010

The love of a lifetime I had in my hands,

But I gave it away and made other plans.

How blind I was that I couldn’t see,

A wondrous love - the best that could be.

I wanted to see what the world had to give,

There was so much I wanted to live.

How could I know that I had it all?

Instead I heeded the vagrant call.

I fleeted through life from lover to lover,

I stay but a while and leave when it’s over.

I’ve seen many hands and empty faces,

But nothing ever really replaces,

That love of a lifetime I had in my hands,

The one that I left for my other plans.

I keep searching, but that love eludes me,

No one makes me feel that way but he.

I know there has to be much more than this,

The love that he gave is the one that I miss.

If I could just hear the music once more,

Go back to the time of that love from before,

I promise I’ll never let it go again,

Right by his side, forever I’ll remain.

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