It was the first could night of the season
And for no particular reason
I decided to snuggle up with the mistress.
She was great and all, but wasn’t quite ready to call her the missus.

She felt so right and it had been so long
Holding her again just felt like like home.
Did she leave me or did I drive her away
None of that mattered today.

When we first met I was just ten years old.
What I loved most was how she touched my soul.
People laughed when we first got together
Said it would pass, like a storm of bad weather.

Off and on over the years it has been.
She was always the one I called friend.
In high school and college we would sometime lay.
Lost in her pleasures, but she would never stay.

Moved on and got married, but she was still my heart.
Didn’t know then, but that was when the change started.
With the wave of a wand you were on Oprah’s couch
I let you down. That was no doubt.

Family came first, she wasn’t in the plan.
I had to be a father. I had to be a man.
Five more years, you forgave my past.
Five more years, the future hit us fast.

The pale horse came and I was alone again.
After all that you took me back and held me within.
I was so sad lonely and lost.
I questioned how much my love cost.

She is in my arms again and my bed is warm.
I know that her love never meant me any harm.
Because of her I can stand to my feet.
Without her and my kids, I’d be on the street.

She keeps me grounded, safe and loved.
When she is with me I feel like I’m protected from above.
She is my joy, my love, my all

I’m just talking about my writing ya’ll.
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