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They Also Wanted
If so many fought hard,
Held strong,
Bravely smiled through the pain
Only to end up alone,
What’s to make me different?
Once more
I stand out in the rain
On the same limb that I’ve known.
They also wanted love
And look at them now -
Some gloomy, some content,
Spending their nights in beds so cold -
Beds like the one I make.
It’s too familiar
With its lonely indent,
A reminder I’m growing old.
Will fortune favor me and smile,
Humor me and stay awhile,
Or up and leave without a trace
If it shows up in the first place?
If you find it funny to fret or romanticize
I can’t say that I blame you -
Go ahead and laugh -
But I would hardly be the first lover to realize
He’s had a lifetime to go through
With no other half.
They also wanted love
And look at them now -
Some gloomy, some content,
Spending their nights in beds so cold -
Beds like the one I make.
It’s too familiar
With its lonely indent,
A reminder I’m growing old.
