What Might Have Been

They meet every month for a drink in the town

always have a smile though their lives are lived behind a frown

and they always manage to smile at each other no matter when the day

for they are friends to each other and that's how it must stay

they have known each other for over twenty years

and they still remember school day laughs and sometimes even tears

and they married both a while ago and families they have got

but that first childhood kiss will never be forgot

so they sit and they talk though each burns deep within

for their real chance at love, a game they know they will never win

and they always tell each other about how good their lives now are

but for the want of a special love each will bear the scar

when they are done they say their goodbyes with a soft kiss on the cheek

and each one will count down the minutes, the hours and the weeks

they will look into their children's eyes and and see a past that slipped away

and lying in bed they will always see the love they shared that day

and its funny how life's journey sometimes takes us of our course

and we never get the chance to rewind or even pause

for this life is just a click of the fingers and its soon done and gone

so don't stare into the darkness when in front of you is the sun

take a chance when it appears it could just be your last

for there is no point living the future but regretting the past

Jason Cotton

08/07/2012

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