But it’s someone else
who you hold dear.
“Persist” you once told me
“Because your dream might come true”.
But when you gave me this advice
did you know that my dream was you?
Sometimes I think you did
But then I’m not so sure.

It doesn’t really matter anyway
because your advice I chose to ignore.
How could I persist
once I knew the truth?
I couldn’t even pretend to not know
because you’d given me the proof.
I dealt with it the best I could
and tried to hide my feelings from you.

But deep down inside of me
I am sure that you still knew.
So now I just sit and wait
and check the mail each day.
I hope that you are home real soon
because it’s been lonely with you away.

Then you came into my life
Never knowing what you had found
That thing that I had lost
You found it on the ground

I could never thank you
For bringing it back to me
Because since that day my smile
Is what you gave back, you see

My smile is never ending
And that’s because of you
You brought it back into my life
With all the things you do
Wilfred john/13 /1/2005
http://www.poemhunter.com/wilfredjohn