For Keeps

what you have given me
something I can hold on to
a dream I can keep
it belonged to you
for a short while
now moving away
as life gets in the way
a love I can look back on
savoring in my heart
what could have been
Copyright © | Year Posted 2009

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Pickett Avatar
December 13, 2009 at 4:58 AM
Ahhh what could have been, How many times have we all said that...Nicely done piece JB... I enjoyed the flow and content...Taz
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December 13, 2009 at 4:58 AM
a nice nostalgic loving look, JB, even though "life gets in the way". nice poem. -Robert
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