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 When I’m feeling drained,

He doesn’t let me forget,

Writing discipline is trained,

Inspiration is what I should expect.

 He fiddles with my hair (and says)

“It doesn’t matter what they think

Write as if you don’t care,”

And he smiles, with a wink.

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 We were fifteen when it all began

A homemade Valentine

On the bus, he held my hand

Then answered the question, “Will you be mine?”

 Freshmen in high school, we were so young,

Everyone said, “It’s just puppy love.”

We thought it was more like l♥ve, unsung.

If we’d only know the Love from above.

 All through high school

We clung to each other,

Some called us fools,

No regards for another.

 Then our time came to an end,

Moved to a different city

We were told, “Broken hearts mend.”

Breaking up is such a pity.

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 Ten years somehow disappeared,

Letter in mail, reunion for the class

What will be come of it? We feared.

Reminiscent of those memories in the past

 Both of us married, spouse in tow

Conversing was uneasy to say the least

Unanswered questions we didn’t know

Past emotions suddenly released

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 Fourteen more years were tucked away

With spouses we tried to please,

Making the most out of each day

Doing what we could to appease.

 It’s true what they say about marriage.

Without respect and trust,

Caring only because of the carriage,

The vows we say tend to rust.

 Bad things happen to good people

And sometimes things don’t turn out,

Like the commitment made at the steeple

And then, “I hate you!” we shout.

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 An email sat in cyber-land,

Four months before it was found

Still he waited for my hand,

His love for me, unbound.

 It was like magic to betide

All those feelings emerged anew

Relationships past, nothing to hide,

Suddenly life took on new fresh hue

 Talking for hours through chat and phone

Twelve hundred miles, too far to drive

Together we were destined, not to be alone

All those years the love stayed alive

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 A few months later finally able to meet

Soon after that we were married

This fairytale is true and wonderfully sweet

The love for each other through the years we carried.

 We give all the glory to Lord God Almighty

We wouldn’t be together if it wasn’t for Him

Made for each other, we know came rightly

It’s was God’s will all along, not just a whim.