ONE DAY NEVER CAME

They had big dreams the day they wed… The kind of dreams you make when you’re young…you know! They planned all the things they wanted to do… all the places they wanted to go. As they made their list of dreams…such a wide and diverse array… He would smile…hold her hand and say… “We’ll do them all…one day”. But there were jobs and children a house…a car… something was always getting in the way… In their quiet times he would smile, hold her hand and say “We’ll get to our dreams…one day”. She would bring one up occasionally… asking him if today’s the day… He would smile, hold her hand… “Not today…but one day.” he would say. Now…as she looks at his empty chair… she remembers how he use to say… while smiling, and holding her hand… “We’ll get to our dreams…one day”. Although she has been happy… and she knows he felt the same… a twinge of sadness fills her heart knowing…one day…never came.