In the Blink of a Wink

He sang to her
silly songs
because she asked
and because
      he promised.
And 
she knew, hundreds of miles away,
by the way the waves crashed on the shore,
the winds whipped his hair
and rocked his world,
he would never know
a tomorrow 
by the same name
again.
Copyright © | Year Posted 2007

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February 18, 2017 at 2:38 AM
~hauntingly beautiful~ thinking of you gg, missing you more:-) hugs and blessings, lynn
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