Love Poem: Second Chances
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Written by: Rick Rucker

Second Chances

Second Chances By Rick Rucker I stepped back from The Abyss Suddenly, I know real bliss Recently, I went through Hell, Now most could not tell An event I would call tragic, Whose effects are less, like magic. Where once I tossed, in dread, I now peacefully sleep instead. How could this come to pass? I chanced upon a winsome lass My late wife’s love was my first, Losing her was sure the worst, But Ria put my heart together Now I only wonder whether I can convince her to be my wife To share, with me, this life. All I owe her cannot be repaid I feel my execution has been stayed. Other friends re-taught me to live But none of them could ever give Me their hearts in such a way That I feel like a child at play The grass is greener, the sky more blue This Love inside of me is true, I would do whatever it takes To keep her, the one who slakes My everlasting thirst for Love And to value her above Any others I have known She will be my love alone. She promised herself to not say “I love you” to her dying day, She says it now, whene’er we talk, Right up front, she doesn’t balk. We both had a common need A longing that we had to heed. Each of us is complete, But together, a couple, with Love replete, We can fend off any blows, That life, our way throws. Finally, I would like to state, That I will gladly meet my Fate I have been blessed with a second chance To use my powers of Romance!