Wishful Thinking
Wishing that I understood
More of life’s weird ways
Wishing that I didn’t feel
Like our love was just a phase
Sifting through the memory bank
Trying to spend some time
Tears stroll down my soft cheek
As I remember when you were mine
Long walks across town
Strolling hand in hand
Back when I was your only love
And you were my best friend
To a time when the snow was falling
But through the snow we trekked
To feed our starving souls
Yet somehow we still felt blessed
Bicycling through the plaza
Lights and fountains adorned the street
To the park with the giant oak
We’d sit and kiss beneath that tree
Through all of the trials
Being healthy and being sick
Never did I question
Beside me you would stick
My stomach began to grow
My energy soon grew mild
As time drug on and we prepared
For the joy of our first child
We sailed away from trouble
Moved to a distant place
Where we could forge our family
But somehow we faced mistakes
Heartache set upon me
As I crumbled at your feet
Pleading for you to find your way
A quest you could not beat
Broken I stood beside you
Following quietly in stride
How do you love someone?
That knows only how to lie
The clock spun forward
Gray hairs and stress took toll
Through all of the hurt and deception
Still – there stood this girl
Why can you not see?
I’m everything you deserve
Someone not quite perfect
That’ll love you till the end of the Earth
The sun rises and sets again
The moon comes out to play
You cannot toy with time
Little by little it ticks away
Although the love is broken
We fit in each other’s world
Long enough to welcome
Another precious girl
Strength dwindling on edge
Patience wearing thin
I don’t know how to live
Freely without loving him
Time dancing on a sword
Pain lingering in clear sight
You’re as foolish as the sun
Thinking there will not come a night
With sadness in my heart
And an aching in my chest
I’ll push away the memories
And lay my love to rest
-Sybrena Rose ©2014
Antonio Harris 
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