Once long ago
you took me to a show.
The hours were short, the minutes sweet,
there were no others to compete.
Once you were a nice boy
– but not now.
Once sometime away
we went out for the day.
We spoke of love, our hearts were sure.
There was no darkness to obscure.
Once you were a nice boy
– but not now.
Once a long time gone
my loving heart you won.
You wanted me, your heart proposed.
Your lips were quivering, eyes were closed.
Once you were a nice boy
– but not now.
Once too far behind
our hearts were so entwined.
Your passion grew, you did allure.
Together we death would endure.
Once you were a nice boy
– but not now.
Once so recently
death came twixt you and me.
My eyes were full, my heart it grieved,
though, I fear, was not bereaved.
Once you were a nice boy
– but not now.
Once some days before
my heart it did implore.
You loved another, my best friend.
My tears welled up, I saw the end.
Once you were a nice boy
– but not now.
Once upon a night
a bright and burning light
saw me alone, and by my hand
led me to that golden land,
where worries cease and troubles fade,
and happiness is golden shade,
where lovers meet and fall in love,
where nothing can that love remove.
Once you were a nice boy
– but not now.
Once you were a nice boy
– but not now.
You didn’t care, you broke that vow.
My love was life, so death enow.
Death took me from that land of hate,
where my life’s love was doomed by fate.
Too late to change your heart again,
for death, and love my corpse has lain.
Once you were a nice boy
– but not now.
Written in my book of poems I wrote when I was 16
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