When We Were Five

It started when we were five

The age of doing all the bad ideas anybody will tell you to do

He had loved behind me for as long as I could remember

He would always push me to sneak through my neighbor's backyard into his

And always I would get half way

Freak out and start to turn back

And he'd run out and drag me to his backyard

And I would congratulate myself on surviving the treacherous journey

And he would look at me like I was crazy

Which I was but he didn't care.

It started when we were five

We would hang out all the time

I would mess with her blonde hair

And she would throw dirt in mine

I loved having her over

How she would get scared 

And need to to rescue her

She was my best friend

My whole childhood

I always expected her to stay by my side.

Once we were older

And had moved away

We never talked

Our friendship didn't stay

And I hated how I never told him 

I fell in love with him

In those backyard days.

When we got older

I moved away

And she went to college to follow her dreams

I met a girl while I was gone

Who was beautiful and smart in every single way. 

We both came back one summer day

And he convinced me to make my way over

We did it all summer 

And still I couldn't say

That I loved him more every single day. 

I came back home for the summer to plan

And I saw my childhood friend 

The girl with the blonde hair back again

I invited her over like we'd done so long ago

And it never crossed my mind to tell her I was involved

We laughed and smiled over old memories 

But too soon it had to end. 

As summer neared its end

The trips became less and less

And one day I looked out my window see him

Dancing with a girl in a white dress. 

So she stopped coming over

Then the day came 

I was as happy as could be

Standing next to me was the woman who married me

But when I looked at her face

I couldn't help but compare

How her eyes never sparkled like the girl with blonde hair

I looked and I saw her standing there

Her eyes sparkling from tears

Tears of sorrow from within. 

Tears fell from my eyes as he looked up to see

The girl he left behind

Watching him be free.