THE ONE YOU LEFT BEHIND

THE ONE YOU LEFT BEHIND

THE ONE YOU LEFT BEHIND

by

The Showman's Poet

Riley Lincoln

West Palm Beach, FL

September, 2010

On a cloudy, windy night

with no stars in sight,

go outside and sit down.

Listen to the wind swirl around.

What the wind will tell you will make you cry.

As you think back, you'll know why.

The wind will tell you

about the girl you left behind.

The one you know

that you can never find.

The wind will tell you

about the most beautiful night

when you held each other

so very tight.

It was the most beautiful thing

ever to be.

The wind will tell you

to look back and see

how you and the carnival went away

the very next day.

And the wind will tell you

there were many more

that happened

just like before.

Only for one night

is just not right.

And the wind will tell you so,

and you will remember when

neither one of you could say no.

Now years later

you have a special one,

the other may have none.

But the season is starting to change.

The cold wind and angry snow

will come in from the range.

So in the spring

when the warm wind blows,

will we get together again?

No one knows!