A Chicago Love Story

There was once a road not taken for complicated reasons They say that for everything, there is a time and a season He was nineteen when he learned a most valuable lesson It came quietly, quickly, and vanished with some questions She was friendly, endowed with an air of freedom, and nice Like none prior, she brought pure joy and laughter into his life But their relationship was never to become a magnificent one It turned windy after initially being one so gentle and calm Feeling such loss, he found it too painful to say goodbye From a second story window he sadly watched with a sigh, as she slowly walked out of his life on that warm summer day They felt the love in their hearts but had nothing more to say They faced their future separately, he and she against the wind They chose not to ascend that mountain, unlike the little engine Perhaps theirs was a relationship never meant to advance The mindsets and social barriers never gave them a chance Pain, sadness, and tears; short-lived but never forgotten There was so much more to be said that never was spoken Two college students developed a quick romance in Chicago but took different roads to happiness more than 50 years ago. 10162018PoSoupContest, Tell Me A Story, Brenda Chiri; 5P