Love and Other Memories
vol 2 poem 1
Some Summer's Morn
by Tony Stewart
Breakfast by the pool
Dawn’s breaking with a golden ray
And when this coffee’s drunk
I’ll be on my way
Though unlike a normal day
It’ll be a permanent thing
Although you don’t know it yet
I’ve broken those vows that were a condition of the ring
Never meant to happen
These things befall us know and then
But my feelings are much stronger
than I can remember when
Could have been something
that might never have been
If fate had not stepped in
Found a way to come between
For such a long time
everything was so sweet
Temptation stayed so far away
Then when least expected
destiny came knocking
on the door one bright and sunny day
When two pairs of eyes locked
Two souls entwined as one
The future of our lives were in our hands
No going back once the deed was done
And as we let ourselves
drift into immoral, amorous bliss
Not one iota of regret
do I have for this
Yet deep inside my guarded heart
I know I‘ve hurt you bad
And though you’ll weep a thousand tears
I beg you please don’t be sad
Instead won’t you please pity me
for this unreasonable thing I’ve done
You haven’t lost by my leaving you
Instead , you know, you’ve really won
For if I’d stayed in our home
and lived a lie with you
Eventually we would have drifted apart
Our love no longer strong
Soon the pains would come
The wounds would open wide
You know you’re better off being on your own
Than carrying mistrust inside
And so it is with some regret
I silently bid farewell to you
I’ve spent my last summer’s morn
being here with you
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