Love Poem: After All These Years
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Written by: Beverly Vera

After All These Years

He once was lost but he's been found
After all these years
Tell me , what made you come around?  
Let's talk awhile 
tell me what's on your mind 
It's been 15 years 
Was I really that hard to find? 

After all these years 
Here we are together 
me and you 
Sit beside me, Tell me 
how do you do? 
No sooner we begin to converse 
We walk down our roads
Shifted In reverse 
nostalgia takes place 
Tears flow down face 
That feeling of love and passion 
Time has not erased 
I could remember the way 
he would graze his hand
across my cheek 
cover me with kisses
 until my body became weak 
The dedicated love for my children and I 
His devotion to becoming a better man 
So that we could walk down the isle 
  
Those were the days 
with the brightest and bluest of skies 
Let's slow it down, for the present day
we must not compromise 
So let us not, travel too far
down memory lane
Let's quickly turn around 
Because we are older now
and life just isn't the same
It gladdens me to know 
That you have found love 
and made a family of your own 
I wish it were you and I 
But I must reap what I have sewn 

I was once lost, but I have been found 
After all these years 
He walks into my life 
As humbled as can be
Not one ounce of strife 
He needs to close our chapter 
For he's about to make 
someone his wife
Long lost loves 
Is what we will remain 
Now that we have seen each other
We will be able to attain 
The long needed closure 
That will bring us both 
Piece of mind 
After all these years 
Finally, 
we can have a proper goodbye.