ROMANTIC MUSINGS: ONCE

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I once kissed a girl in the rain

And it showered me with pain,

I once fell deeper than darkness

And didn’t even know my name

I once gave up what I knew

To prove love was true,

Blinded by the light

Because that’s what lovers do

I once drove overnight

Halfway across the country regardless of mile,

To show a woman she was worth it

Because I needed to see her smile

I once wrote the love letters

And the poems of hopes to come to fruition,

I wanted nothing in return

Because love comes without a condition

I once made a bouquet

Of roses made of clay,

Molded-baked and decorated

To commemorate her day

I once hoped and I prayed

That the foundation I laid,

Would build her a home

That would never be betrayed

I once did what I do

Because I know nothing else,

Yet destiny deems

That I must remain to myself

And I will do what I must

Once or maybe twice,

I will play with fire

And be burned by the ice

Colder than cold

This is my winter’s tale,

In the autumn of my life

It is love I will not fail

Throw me back into the darkness

And I will hide in the rain,

But I will love again

Regardless of the pain

Not because I’m a glutton

For the punishment of the heart,

But because love and destiny

Can not be too far apart

This is who I am

And this is what I’ll do,

I’ll keep making mistakes

Until the day I find you

Let the world mock me

For they know not what I know,

That God said: “To be worthy of HER

You must be willing to grow!”

So I shall keep reaching

For the stars in the skies,

And I’ll know wishes come true

When I see the stars in your eyes

A million in heaven

As in the billion women in the world,

But I truly only want one

And so I ask: “Will you be my girl?”