Country Poems #2: I Couldn't Tell Her

I Couldn't Tell Her
©1996 by Dean A. Ceran

Lookie here, see! There she is
I was going through that "who I is"
That pretty girl in the second grade
Was the one I didn't want to get away
Well I'd look at her, I'd stop to stare
I'd lose my track of where I'm bound
I couldn't ever tell her just how much I cared
But I'm doin' all I can to keep her memory around
I've lived an empty life for a lot of years
When I think of her there's happy tears
The long walks we took
As I held her books
From a time so long ago
Those good times I'd never know
Well I'd look at her, I'd stop to stare
I'd lose my track of where I'm bound
I couldn't ever tell her just how much I cared
But I'm doin' all I can to keep her memory around
So if ever in your travels she should happen by
Please don't ever let her go and here's the reason why
Tell her that I miss her smile and good times we shared
And that I have loved her so and yes, I really cared
Well I'd look at her, I'd stop to stare
I'd lose my track of where I'm bound
I couldn't ever tell her just how much I cared
But I'm doin' all I can to keep her memory around