Our Love Has Faden Away Poem by BRUCE MARTONE

THERE'S A BROOK
THAT RUNS THROUGH MY YARD
WHERE MY BABY USED TO SIT
AND WATCH ALL DAY
TILL ONE DAY OUR LOVE GOT HARD
WE STARTED TO DRIFT AWAY
CAUSE WE RAN OUT OF THINGS TO SAY
EACH ONE WANTING TO GO
OUR SEPARATE WAYS
WE WERE TWO YOUNG KIDS
WHEN WE STARTED
AND NOBODY COULD TELL US ANYTHING
NOT EVEN HER FRIENDS WHO TOLD HER
SHE WOULD BE BROKEN HEARTED
AND THAT WAS TEN YEARS AGO
NOW LITTLE DID WE KNOW
THAT OUR LOVE
WOULDN'T SHINE ANYMORE
ONLY THE FIGHTING WOULD GROW
AND MY BABY CRYING BEHIND THE DOOR
WANTING ME TO GO
SO I LEFT FOR HOURS
THAN I GO ON HOME
I UNLOCK THE FRONT DOOR
AND ALL THE LIGHT'S ARE OUT
MY GIRL SHE IS SLEEPING SO TIGHT
TILL THE MORNING LIGHT
NOW SHE GET'S UP
GET'S DRESSD AND OUT SHE GOES
PASSING ME ON BY
NOW SHE TURN'S ON THE CAR
AND DRIVES AWAY
NOT EVEN A GOODBYE