with a rock n’ roll sneer,

boots, and faded jeans

a sweet-faced city girl

full of fire, lust for life

and dainty dreams

 

growing lonely in the crowd

both turned shiny stones

searching for the other

she tried to hold her breath

sinking in the sands

of clueless lovers

 

he ran toward the storm

charming in and out

of shelters from the rain

both finally settled in

dashing hope against

the walls of silent pain

 

fate finally found them

on a gentle autumn’s

moonlit evening breeze

tangled in the night

they broke the rules

succumbing to their needs

 

destiny made them choose

between true love and

those that matter most,

they plod on incomplete

with the peace of being

connected at the soul