The Next Time Around Poem by Ray Hansell

We started out so happy
Everything was fine
I thought I had it all
I thought the world was mine

But as time slowly passed
Things began to change
What once was a happy life
Has somehow been rearranged

We don't talk like we use to
We don't have our time alone
I'm not sure what happened
Inside this once happy home

We were the perfect couple
So other people said
Things were always so good
Even in our bed

But as time passed us by
I watched as love began to die
Things now are so different
For the life of me I don't know why

At first I wanted to believe
That it wasn't me
I thought to myself
There must be someone else she see's

But I slowly realized
It wasn't someone else
It's just that the two of us
No longer feel what we once felt

Soon the talking stopped
Then we said goodbye
I spent so many nights
Wondering, why I never cried

I know that I'll recover
That in time the pain will heal
I know one day this heart of mine
Will once again feel love that's real

I hope the next time around
Is better then the past
I hope one day to get the chance
To find a love that will last


8-28-09/RjH