Perhapses Poem by Danny Speicher

Perhaps someday I'll look and I'll find you're no longer there
Perhaps I'll see the departure coming
And I'll hear the final cadence strumming
Perhaps I'll wonder, in silence, if you e'er really cared

Maybe our tomorrows won't look quite as good tomorrow
Maybe promises we easily made
Tomorrow won't be easily obeyed
Maybe the hope we planted will harvest naught but sorrow

But, what if the perhapses and the maybes don't come true
What if this love is as real as it gets
And it doesn't run, but patiently sits
What if the day closes and finds us still happy, not blue?

Well, if it's real and my heart can feel like this forever
Than all the maybes and the perhapses
And the risk of possible collapses
Become worth it for the hope of love that will endeavor

Perhaps one day I'll find myself standing solo once more
Maybe it will be more than I can take
After I put all that I had at stake
But, when love's in play, risk's always worth what might be in store

((June 24th,2010))