I Am Glad That We Never Met Poem by Randy McClave

I am glad that we never met when we were younger
I am glad that you weren't there to feed my hunger,
When we were youths I am glad that I never knew your name
Because of my worries now, to you there is no blame.

I am glad that I never knew you when we went to school
I am glad that I was a bad rock, and you were a beautiful jewel,
Our meeting created by God had not yet been planned
So, I saved on my busted knuckles and bloody lips, fighting for your hand.

I am glad that you walked home a different way than me
I am glad that you had many friends, while I had only three,
My soul it would had changed if then we had ever met
But, meeting me then, would had been your saddest regret.

I am glad to say that when I was single I never heard your voice
I am glad to say that decision was by destiny and not by my own choice,
If I had heard you speak, our encounter would had been arranged
Then my life and our future, it would had drastically changed.

I am glad that you went to dances and on dates with other men
I am glad that "YOU ENJOYED LIFE" I emphasize that with my pen,
If met, a hug and a kiss from you would had been less that what I had hoped
I would had changed my life then, by taking your hand as we would had eloped.

I am glad that I met you when we were both happily married
I am glad that our encounters in our pasts were always varied,
If I had met you earlier, my yearning for you I could not or would not resist
Then sadly to say, my son and your daughters, they would not now exist.

I am glad that I never met you all those many years ago
I am glad that it was meant that then each other we weren't meant to know,
Our lives might had been better if earlier in life we did meet
But, to much would had been lost while sitting in Destiny's driver's seat.

Randy L. McClave