WHO WOULD HAVE THOUGHT

WHO WOULD HAVE THOUGHT
(FOR KYLE)

Who would have thought it would end this way,
At the close of the season, at the end of the day,
That I would find myself a man as glorious as you,
Who time and time again has proven to be true.

And who would have thought there was someone for me,
A man resplendent in both loyalty and beauty,
Someone whose smile can steal the moon,
And place it in my trembling hands like a helium balloon.
I hold it tight with sheer delight and dare not let it go,
Lest you fly away from me and into the clouds you’d go.

Who would have thought in the midst of disease,
In the midst of slow decline,
I’d find someone who’d steal the sun, and be forever mine.
Who would have thought that rubies red,
And roses red as valentines,
Would climb the trellis of my soul and stop the hands of time.

Your smile it makes the A-list,
Much more than a friend with benefits,
And who would have thought that a man like you could love a man like me,
And yet you came and called my name, softly and tenderly.

Your lips were meant for me to kiss, mine and mine alone,
And somewhere deep in the abyss, my nightmares they have flown.
To lie with you in stillness, just to know you’re there,
Is enough of a cause to stop and pause and praise a love so rare.
Who would have thought that in the end it would be this way for me,
That God would place you by my side, the perfect place for you to be.

Who would have thought that Fate had peered deep inside my heart,
And seen what it was lacking, an empty shopping cart.
And turned around and astounded and pierced me through and through,
Fate in the end became my friend and kindly sent me you.

-Bruce Potts
Copyright 2011
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