Monday 28 November 2011

Let's Hear What They Have To Say First...

AND THEN HE SAYS...

AND  DREAMS  COME TRUE………

THIS IS A LOVE STORY, IT STARTED 30 YEARS AGO………..
THEN I WAS YOUNG, I WAS LONELY.
BUT I WAS A DREAMER,
I DREAMED OF LOVE
& SOMEONE WHO’LL LOVE ME & ME ONLY.

I HAD GOOD FRIENDS, BUT A VERY FEW,
I LOVED GOOD BOOKS, MUSIC & MOVIES TOO.
THEN ONE DAY FROM OUT OF THE BLUE,
I MET THIS BEAUTIFUL GIRL
WHOM IT SEEMED I ALWAYS KNEW.

SHE STEPPED STRAIGHT IN TO MY HEART,
AS IF SHE KNEW RIGHT FROM THE START.
IT WAS THE PLACE,
FOR WHICH, ONLY SHE HELD THE KEY.
I KNEW FROM THAT MOMENT,
LOVE HAD HAPPENED TO ME.

SHE BECAME MY SOUL MATE, MY BEST FRIEND
WE SHARED OUR VIEWS ON AUTHORS, BOOKS,
MOVIES ….THE TOPICS NEVER SEEMED TO END.
I TOLD HER, “A FRIEND IS A PRESENT YOU GIVE TO YOURSELF”
SHE WAS & WILL BE THE ONE, WITH WHOM I DON’T HAVE TO PRETEND.

DAYS WERE LIKE A DREAM, WITH HER NEAR & AROUND ME
EVENINGS WERE THE TIME TO PART,
LEAVING ME WITH A HEAVY HEART,
NIGHTS WERE MAGIC, WHERE HER
SWEET MEMORIES WOULD ALWAYS SURROUND ME.

OH, HOW CAN I EXPLAIN THE FEELING OF LOVE?
IT’S SOMETHING MAGICAL? DIVINE?  IT COMES FROM ABOVE?
ONE CAN’T FIND THE WORDS TO EXPRESS IT,
BUT WHEN TRUE LOVE COMES TO YOU, IT COMES ON
THE WINGS OF A DOVE.

SHE WAS THE ONE WHO CHANGED MY LIFE,
IT WAS NOT VERY LONG BEFORE WE BOTH SAID,
“I LOVE YOU ”
SOON WE WALKED DOWN THE AISLE TO SAY,
“I DO”
AND WE BECAME MAN & WIFE.

BUT BEFORE THIS, THERE WAS TROUBLE FROM PARENTS AND FRIENDS.
THE WHOLE WORLD WAS TRYING TO TELL US IT’S WRONG,
BUT WE KNEW THIS WOULD PASS IF WE JUST STOOD STRONG.
THOSE WERE JUST THE TRIALS AND TESTS OF OUR LOVE,
BUT WE KNEW THAT TRUE LOVE ALWAYS WINS IN THE END.
  
I MUST CONFESS, THERE HAVE BEEN ROUGH TIMES,
HEARTACHES & HEARTBREAKS, ALONG WITH THE GOOD TIMES.
BUT EVEN THROUGH THOSE DARK DAYS OF GLOOM,
OUR LOVE STILL PREVAILS, OUR LOVE ALWAYS SHINES.

AND WE STARTED A FAMILY
AS TIME PASSED BY, WE BUILT ‘FANTASIA’, OUR HOME,
WHERE IT FEELS A LITTLE BIT LIKE HEAVEN, WE CALL IT OUR OWN.
IT’S STILL THE PLACE WHERE LOVE & HAPPNESS, CARING & SHARING 
HAVE GROWN LIKE A GREAT OAK TREE.

SHE GAVE ME ALL THE HAPPINESS, I REALLY NEVER KNEW,
I COULD ALWAYS SEE HER LOVE, IN EVRY THING SHE’D DO.
SHE GAVE ME ALL HER LOVE, HER TRUST
WITH ALL THE UNERSTANDING AND CARE,
TWO WONDERFUL GIFTS WHOM WE LOVE & CHERISH, EVERY DAY.
EVERY THING SEEMS COMPLETE IN THIS WONDERFUL WORLD WE SHARE.

IT’S 28 YEARS, SINCE THAT DAY WE BOTH SAID, ‘I DO’
AND I STILL LOVE HER LIKE CRAZY, AND I KNOW SHE DOES TOO.
THIS IS ALL I CAN THINK OF, OR I WANT TO SAY
SHE’S MY DREAM COME TRUE, SHE’S MY LIFE
SHE’S IN MY LIFE, FOREVER TO STAY.

HAPPY ANNIVERSARY TO YOU, SUE,
THIS IS OUR LOVE STORY, SO SIMPLE BUT TRUE,
I WANT YOU TO KNOW, I’LL ALWAYS LOVE YOU
YOU ARE THE REASON ALL MY DREAMS HAVE COME TRUE,
AND YOU MUST BE KNOWING THAT I STILL ADORE YOU.

JOHN
29.11.2011

2 comments:

  1. Woohoo!!! Pure awesomeness! Again, I knew Dad was artistic, but didn't have a clue that he was so proficient in poetry \m/
    Loved this too, needless to say!
    Their poems are like summarized versions of what we both've heard of their love story in bits and pieces over the years <3
    More groovy is the fact that our parents are undercover poets!! :D

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  2. The poem here is so pure, so filled with love; another beautifully strung out piece.. The journey is shown so very well that its hard not to have a tear in the eye for its sheer beauty !!

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