The Greatest Love Story – Original Poem
By Mark A. Leon
We’re gonna be the greatest love story this small town has ever seen
To the highest mountains we will climb
Tasting the soft wet crystals of snow on the capped tip overlooking the heavens
As you lay your body up to mine, the smell of your worn denim feels like home
Sun setting into the night sky; your face a bright ball of love
Right now, I ain’t scared of dying as long as I spend every breath with you
Down by the river up on the tree together
Hoping the strength of the branch will win the battle against gravity
Watching the bark drift with the current
Kids splashing away their worries
Clouds giving the sun a temporary bed
On the open road, your hair blowing in the wind
With the spirit of a thousand horses, you rejoice with grace
Scenes of Americana racing at 85 miles per hour
The most beautiful picture in my mind
Forever branded in technicolor
In a crowed bar
In a world with no rhyme
Blues and greens mixed with black and white
You picked me
In the briefest of insane clarity, your heart took hold of mine
You looked me in the eyes
Two strangers in a strange land
Without direction; without a home
You looked deep past the cloudy mist of uncertainty and said this simple phrase, “ours will be the greatest love story”.
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