Love Story
They always felt it was meant to be,
The way they happened to meet…
And when they found they had fallen in love
They had the whole world at their feet!
He sang and danced to the music he made
And vowed they would never part…
She laughed delighted and called her love
“The boy with a song in his heart:”
The candles burned in the little church
When they became man and wife
The flames reflected the look of love,
For now they were linked for life!
The children came, and the circle grew,
When they bowed their heads to say grace…
And home was a harbor away from the storm
As they anchored their lives in that place.
They had their share of trouble and trial,
But gratefully counted the years…
Tho’ sometimes the way seemed long and hard,
There was always more laughter than tears.
She hardly noticed when time had turned,
That his eyes were a little dim…
It mattered not that she used a cane
As long as she walked with him!
But then one day, at twilight time,
When the shadows were growing deep…
He said good night in his loving way,
And slipped away in his sleep.
The music stopped in her world that day,
O how much she missed the song…
The days were silent without his voice,
And the nights were all so long.
As she slept the sound of angel’s wings
Seemed soft, and hauntingly near,
For scenes of Heaven had filled her dreams…
It was home to someone so dear!
But she prayed for strength to go on with life,
To bear the being alone…
And bravely she walked with a smile on her lips
Till at last the Lord said “Come home!”
The years fell away as she stood to go…
So young she felt, and so free!
She heard then the music she’d missed so much,
The same joyful melody!
Like a girl she ran to the Golden Gates,
To love that would never depart…
For waiting there, with his arms open wide
Was that boy with a song in his heart!
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