She and I met so very long ago

When times were different and very slow

She had caught my heart which I won’t deny

Oh how I do wish, I had let her inside.

I remember her smile as the noon day sun

When her life was beginning and mine had begun

Together we were one but that was my thought

As that arrow from cupid she had never caught.

Would I had fought for her love I know that I would

Would I had lived for her now I wish that I could

She says that I shouldn’t but I say that I can

Oh how I need and want, my precious Ann.

In my mind I reach with a quivering hand

Though to her and then to all to make my stand

But then came reality and she was not there

So I close my mind sadly, to GOD I said a prayer.

I turn back the pages of the loves of my life

I see girlfriends and lovers and even a wife

But one of those pages was intentionally left blank

Was it from a love whose emotions I had not drank.

I now reach out to hold her from my abyss

But will she step away from my hands and my lips

Again I will reach for that woman, as I to be her man

Oh how I need and want, my precious Ann.

Randy L. McClave