A lesson in Love

I`m told

you only get one chance

at true love

and for me

that was my husband

four great kids later

and he was taken from me

so cruelly by cancer

I grieved

and tried to carry on with life

and though this was hard

I managed

devoting myself to my kids

then one day

I was lucky enough
a second chance

as I meet

another wonderful man

cheeky and fun loving

so full of life

so unlike my husband.

everybody told me

it wouldn't work

he was not for me

what would my husband think!!

now I know

they were being kind

trying to help

but

we were in love

the trouble was..

that he lived across the pond

miles and miles away

in the states

but we managed

through technology 

to chat and spend time together

and in time we meet

it was awesome

we decided to marry

but sadly

this had its problems

where and how?

costs and witnesses

we tried twice

but events were against us

then I started listening

to my friends

and family too

maybe this wasn't to be

I was making a mistake

so I started to doubt

he went back to the states

we carried on chatting

tried to continue

but I was distancing myself

this

months turned into years

his health went down

I started to get on with my life

a romance doomed
but

through all that

he never gave up

never stopped loving me!

now I have lost him

he died of cancer

life can be so cruel

I listened to others

and not my own head

I didn`t follow my heart

this has proved to be a

bitter lesson in love

© Lissie Bull 2015