When I was just a girl, I never thought I’d, ever meet a man like you in my mind. How do you suppose when we were dating, I could be the one, I’d be your lady?
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Just like yesterday, he said:
Oh my, what’s your name? Are you doing anything later today? Some friends will be gathering, so it won’t be a date, just time to know you. I won’t keep you late.
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It’s true they say that love can take you places, and all the world you see is advantageous. Women leave their home to make a new life. Men are pleased to tell you how they met their wife, saying:
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Oh my, what’s your name? Are you doing anything later today? Some friends will be gathering, so it won’t be a date, just time to know you. I won’t keep you late.
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Love only takes a moment ‘til you know it. It doesn’t take a writer or a poet. The feeling that you get won’t let you let go. You’ll forever love the one you have and hold. He said:
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Oh my, what’s your name? Are you doing anything later today? Some friends will be gathering, so it won’t be a date, just time to know you. I won’t keep you late.
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Joyce Lynn Eggleston
Indianapolis, IN – 2018
Inspired by Merrill, my husband of 42 years.
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