Love Poem: Tears With Vince
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Written by: Jaycee Cervenka

Tears With Vince

Gone
Like I meant nothing
two years of nothing
unsurprising really
I always knew I loved more

Heart breaking
I keep it together
allowing only private tears
so family and friends 
remain unconcerned

They never knew 
exactly how much 
I loved you
We loved our way
away from them

Another break
we’d had several
and always fixed it 
but not this time
this time you left

Outwardly I smiled
went places with friends
Danced, sang
but inside I crumbled
My joy was gone

Living on hold
loving long distance
waiting for the call
a connection to prove
I was not forgotten

Friends assumed
I was good
ready to move on
They never knew
Until Vince sang his song

Right there
in front of them 
welling in silently
as the dam cracked
and then flooded

Love and Loneliness
flowed from cracks
and proved the song true
“I never knew lonely
‘til you”

Song: I Never Knew Lonely by Vince Gill
Heartbreak circa 1992