Even Now Poem by BRUCE MARTONE

EVEN NOW

EVEN NOW WHEN I LOOK BACK
TO THAT LONG AND WIDEN ROAD
I COULD STILL SEE WHERE SHE ONCE STOOD
JUST GLEAMING IN THE SUN
O HOW I STILL CAN PICTURE HER NOW
AND I WANTING IT TO GO BACK TO THE WAY WE WERE JACK
WHEN WE HAD FUN SHARING OUR DREAMS HAND IN HAND
BEHIND THE OLD STREAM WHERE WE DIDN'T HAVE A CARE
WHILE THE OTHERS WERE ON THE RUN STILL LEFT THERE
AND FEELING THE HEAT FROM THE SUN ON THERE BACKS
STILL TRYING TO MAKE IT TO THE OTHER SIDE
BUT LAYING SHORT OF THE FINISH LINE
AND ON THERE LAST BREATH BEFORE THERE DEATH
BUT FOR HER AND ME WE SWORE WE WOULD PASS THEM AND WIN
THAN WILL GO TO THE SEA DIPPING OUR SELF'S IN
WASHING ARE SINS FREE. THAN WILL SING THE SONG
[ LOOKS LIKE WE MADE IT ] OVER AND OVER AGAIN MY FRIEND
FINALLY OUR HAPPY ENDING NO MORE PRETENDING
OF WHAT IT WOULD FEEL LIKE IF WE MADE IT
AND WE CAN PUT THOSE WORDS BEHIND US UNTIL WE LOOK BACK.
BUT THAT WAS TWENTY YEARS AGO MY LOVE AND I STILL LOVE YOU SO
AND WE'RE STILL GOING STRONGER THAN EVER MY LOVE
EVEN NOW THAT'S ONLY IN MY DREAMS YOU KNOW