Always With Me Always With You

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6th July 2023

They say you never forget your first love, and I guess I never did. You were so grown up and I was just a kid. I felt so proud walking by your side. You telling everyone I was your girl, with pride. We went everywhere together; everyone knew us as a pair. I sure did love you. When I was with you, I didn’t have a care. Other girls would chat to you and try to get between Nothing could split us up even though I was only sixteen. You wanted me to come with you to that wedding interstate. It was the marriage of your very good mate. I had to work, and so I couldn’t come, I had to stay. If I was with you, you might not have been killed that day. I would have stopped you from crossing that road. That huge truck had such a heavy load. It couldn’t stop in time. That day it took your life, but you were mine. I waited for your return. My eyes began to burn. When I heard the news, I just couldn’t cope. The end of happiness, the end of all my hope. You became my secret love, and I love you to this day. Why I can’t mention you, I really cannot say. I visit your grave sometimes and the places we used to go. But it’s my only secret that my dear husband doesn’t know. He just wouldn't understand that I could love you too. Knowing about you, would just make him feel blue. I am careful not to let my teardrops start. As I keep the poem that you wrote me, deep inside my heart. Yes, you are my secret and it’s so very true. Always with me Always with you.