Love Poem: I Lost a Love Back Then
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Written by: Larry Bradfield

I Lost a Love Back Then

I went to Galveston one time
In the Spring of the year
I was just a cowboy back then
An' had no thought of fear

I'd never seen the waves roll in
Or heard the muted roar
The smell of salt was new to me
As nothing else before

I touched the sand and thought of home
But that was desert sand
This was gentle to the fingers
And felt a foreign land

I met a girl there just by chance
Laughing and sun tanned through
She stared a little at my boots -
"Surely there's more to you?"

We talked little and loved a lot
A magic world we'd found
No need to think of tomorrow
Our feet were on this ground

Time passed quickly, she said goodbye
No talk of who she was
Just a short love in the sunshine
The sort of thing young does

I was just a cowboy back then 
An' had no thought of fear
I lost a love in Galveston
In the Spring of that year