Falling In Love Poem by Curtis Johnson

Falling In Love
By Curtis Johnson

One day many years ago, I found myself in a church pew
I never had a clue that in just a few, I would meet someone new

Just the day before, I never knew that she even existed
But on that Sacred Sunday, I saw someone I could not resist

We were born and raised less than 100 miles apart.
But many miles from there, I discovered her a pew apart

I was midway through college in the summer of seventy
I wasn't looking seriously, but praying for someone heavenly

In the college town of Evanston, Illinois, we met and fell in love
Before I knew it, I was holding the beautiful hands of a gentle dove

I came to realize that ‘she was the one', and said, "I love you".
Two years after we met, we got married in June of ‘seventy two'

We never knew what our tomorrows would bring; or whether they would make us laugh and sing;
or if they would pour upon us showers of pain; or shine upon us years of blessings and gains.

The years have flashed before our eyes at a rapid pace And we are growing old together, as we dash from place to place
Forty three years, together still; stick and thin, by God's good grace
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