So lost, forelorn, and deep in care;

I saw a lonesome dove fly by,

My heart did soar, then gave a sigh.

The years have dug a chasm wide

That time and fate could not abide;

My thoughts escaped out of the blue,

A saddened heart cried out, “It’s You!”

Where were You when I was slowly dying

Beneath the weeping willow tree?

Where were You when I lay fitfully crying

Trying so hard just to breathe?

Why not “us” instead of them,

I wondered what life would have been?

Had so many years not passed before,

We’d found this love one time before?

And then my lonesome dove did see,

“This piece of you; It’s part of me.”

We could have never flown this high

Without the days and years gone by.

It’s true that when two doves take flight,

Upon life’s stormy seas, they might

Not fear what other ships would say,

If on our island we chose to stay.

Let’s set our sails t'ward winds of change,

Forgetting who we have to blame,

For one soft touch from your strong hand

Will take me to the promised land.

Tonight has been a fresh, clean start,

Time was my friend and healed my heart,

For in a moment, you and I

Saw our lonesome doves fly by.

Jacqueline Applewhite

November 18, 2009

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