Country Poem#9: I've Lost The Touch

I've Lost The Touch
©1996 By Dean A. Ceran
I called up the local call-in talk show host
Told her 'bout you, the one I've loved the most
She listened to me describe how our times turned bad
And she could only say, "That is so sad"
What I didn't tell her is what I could never say to you
It's something that I'd discovered that is sad but, oh, so true
If I'd only shown you how I loved you, and told you it's so much
You would never have made the claim that I've lost the touch
Who'd have thought we'd last these years so long
When all you're saying now is how we are so wrong
Thinking back, I must have really made you mad
Yeah, that talk show host is right, it's down right sad
What I didn't tell her is what I could never say to you
It's something that I'd discovered that is sad but, oh, so true
If I'd only shown you how I loved you, and told you it's so much
You would never have made the claim that I've lost the touch
You could never convince me that our love was ever fake
Although you hung in longer but for the children's sake
And even though they can't really tell the reasons why
You're standing at the open door with your bittersweet good-bye
What I didn't tell her is what I could never say to you
It's something that I'd discovered that is sad but, oh, so true
If I'd only shown you how I loved you, and told you it's so much
You would never have made the claim that I've lost the touch