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Things Back Then
At the age of 12
 He loved her so, 
 And everyday
 He’d let her know.
 
 “I love you”
 He’d say each day.
 She’d just laugh and
 Run away.
 
 She sat with him
 One summer day,
 On the swings,
 Where they used to play.
 
 “I’m sorry,
 I don’t love you
 You’ll find someone else
 Who loves you too.”
 
 High school came
 They met again,
 They laughed about
 The things back then.
 
 They began to date
 And fell in love
 He got the girl 
 He had dreamed of.
 
 But when college came
 Everything changed,
 They were far apart
 With lives rearranged.
 
 “We’ll be fine,”
 But she had doubt.
 She turned and said,
 “It won’t work out.”
 
 “I’m sorry,
 I can’t love you…
 You’ll find someone else
 Who loves you too.”
 
 In their twenties
 They met again.
 They laughed about
 The things back then.
 
 He took her hand 
 They began to dance,
 Remembering their old romance.
 Two years later
 She became his wife. 
 They’d be together
 All their life.
 
 They went on a drive
 When it was no longer light.
 They drove down the roads,
 Of the starry night.
 
 The music came on, 
 She started to sing.
 He whispered,
 “You’re my everything.”
 
 But then suddenly
 In one big flash,
 Headlights shone
 As their car crashed.
 
 He saw her lying
 On the ground,
 He felt his tears,
 Start rolling down.
 
 
 He cried…
 She took his hand
 “I have to leave
 Please understand.”
 
 “I love you so much
 It’s always been true,
 But you’ll find someone else
 And love again too.”
 
 “No,” he cried.
 It’s always been you,
 I don’t want someone else,
 I only want you.”
 
 And there on that street
 Is where he cried,
 Hugging his love
 As she slowly died.

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