We were children together You and I. As toddlers hand in hand, We'd run and climb, explore a world That seemed just there for our delight. So young we'd not yet learned to fight We revelled in each other. Well I recall how innocently You'd plant a kiss On an unsuspecting cheek, Reach out and touch Without restraint or shame; And love was just a natural way to be, Uncomplicated and free. As every birthday beckoned With the promise, Of dreams fulfilled And not a harbinger of death We'd look with scorn at the lives around us So sure we'd never fall into the shambles But ride life's crest. And now I look back Across the wasted years And ask myself How did I ever come To lose you? You were so dear to me The one I used to be. The poem was written for all the people who let there true love , slip through there hands, and regret if for the rest of there lives.