Second Chances

The moment they met was magic

They both felt it inside

Until it all became tragic

As the space between them grew wide

A year together then decades apart

Decades spent dreaming

Of a balm for a sad heart

No one could fill that hollow

The space left was so bittersweet

With the pain that would follow

Recalling words said in repeat

Life is meant for the living

So it is often said

Meant for taking or giving

As we earn our daily bread

But what of the broken hearted

Who must go on living with pains

Tasted heaven before being discarded

What is left of a scarred soul remains

The tender ones will have to learn

To forget as they learn to self heal

On their own with silent weeping

For want of that which seemed so real

Slipped away from the keeping

The moment they found each other anew

Time had passed still there was no doubt

Soul mates they were, these two

Sometimes second chances work out