I guess some hearts don't just fall in love... Some spend a lifetime finding their way home. We met beneath that old oak tree, Young enough to chase our dreams. You wore hope like an old blue shirt, I laughed loud enough to heal your hurt. But life had maps we didn't choose, Different roads... different shoes. I watched your taillights fade one fall, Thought I'd never hear your call. Years rolled by like passing trains, Different towns and different names. Still every sunset whispered low... "She's the one you've always known." Every goodbye left one little light, Burning through the longest nights. Love keeps finding what time can't hide, Through every valley, every changing tide. Miles may steal the days away, But hearts remember where to stay. When the world says, "Let go"... we never do. Love keeps leading me back to you. Back... to you. Half our lives had slipped away, When fate smiled on an ordinary day. Gray touched your hair, laugh lines mine, Yet somehow... the stars aligned. A little church, two simple rings, God smiling through the songs we'd sing. Life still tested everything. Bills and losses, broken dreams. Sleepless nights and whispered prayers, Holding each other through despair. Every scar became a thread, Stitching stronger vows instead. Then slower steps... white hospital halls... Wheelchairs waiting by the walls. You held my hand when mine would shake, Still called me beautiful every day. When memory wandered... you'd find my name. When pain grew loud... you'd do the same. Our bodies bent... our spirits grew, I'd still choose every road with you. Love keeps finding what time can't hide, Even when forever stands beside. Every wrinkle, every tear, Only proved why we were here. Till Heaven whispered softly, "One come through..." Still my heart stayed holding you. You slipped away on a quiet dawn... The silence cut deeper than words. Fourteen mornings I reached for your hand... Fourteen nights I talked to your picture... Then my heart remembered yours had gone. Some say a broken heart can't stop a soul... They never loved like we did. Together again... Just two weeks apart.
