First to Go

Walked into the room, sun kissed his face

My worried mind, takes a little break

He gives me a smile, says take a seat

I settle in, put up my feet

I say “how’s it going?”, the question he was hoping for

words like a river, from years before

Tales of the past, he seems to glow

After all these years, so much I didn’t know

He tells me about victories and when he lost

about all the girls he tried to love, how they broke his heart

How he found his one and only swore he’d never let her go

laying by her side when she left him all alone

He said “I was supposed to be, the first to go”

Sunset paints the sky, old man gives me a grin

one story down, another one begins

Deep lines around his eyes, yet a twinkle remains

Ignited from his past again and again

He tells me about adventures, all across the land

with friends he’d have forever, at least that was the plan

How he found his one and only swore he’d never let her go

laying by her side when she left him all alone

We don’t get to choose, the start or ending day

We just get the in between and choices on the way F

What will our story be, pen in our hand

Take time to live, to love and understand

Full Moon blows a chill into my bones

Old man and me, all the others have gone home

River slows, he stares into space

Old man in the moon shines a light on the old man’s face

He tells me there’s not much to do

before he leaves this place

Mind right but body worn

and just can’t keep the pace

How he found his one and only

swore he’d never let her go

Soon to be together

never more alone

He said “I was supposed to be, the first to go”