By Jim Martin    chef-jim@ix.netcom.com 
Date: 5 October 1997

Reflections of Us

Tonight I sit and think about
all that we've been through
Remembering our first kiss
saying I really care for you
Two days apart which seemed like a year
then a teddy bear, to say I missed you
and I think you're very dear

Little things I said or did used to make you cry
and I always wondered why
but then I guess no one else had ever seen
how truly special you were inside

Then there was the night we got engaged
the happiest of my life
except of course that special day
when you became my wife
But now my eyes are filled with tears
as I think about our past
I wonder why the joy you had
just didn't seem to last

I shed a tear for good times 
like the day of our daughter's birth
WOW! I'd become a dad
then I shed a tear 
for the son we never had
A tear for shattered dreams 
that never did come true
and another for words that hurt 
when we never meant them to

Then there's the holidays
which now won't be the same
but you can bet that on each one
I'll softly speak your name
Even though I don't understand 
why we've drifted so far apart
please remember you'll live forever
within this broken heart

And if you ever change your mind
if life has got you down
Then come back home into my arms
for that's where love is found