Member Poem

I have wandered out of one broken dream and into another.
I never really found the love I was needing.
I kept reaching over and over for feeling that were just not there.
Sometimes the pain and hurt was extreme.
Sometimes I was just not the  right one.
In the middle of all these broken hearts was one that was just not meant to be.
I looked into his eyes but he did not look into mine.
I knew if he ever looked into my eyes that he would see what I saw.
The pain this time was I had found a good man but he did not love me.
I had as many tears as any other dreams of love that died.
This time it was not a trail of other women or a cruel hand that broke my heart.
It was that this beautiful soul could not see what I could see.
We parted ways but in some ways we did not.
He was always there with phone calls and visits.
Once he listened as I cried over another broken heart.
For nineteen years I always had this sweet man as a friend.
In time I forgot about the pain of his not loving me.
I was grateful for the friendship.
We both grew older and grayer and I gave up on finding love.
Then something changed and I can not tell you just when.
One day it just happened and loved bloomed in our hearts.
Our souls connected and all the pain was gone.
For once my dream had come true.
This time he has no trouble looking into my eyes forever.