WHEN I WAS JUST FIFTEEN,
I MET A SPECIAL BOY.
HE WAS TRULY INTO ROMANCE,
LIKE A CHILD WITH A NEW TOY!
HE SAID I MADE MONA LISA
LOOK LIKE RAGGEDY ANN.
HE'D SING ME "MATHIS" LOVE SONGS,
AND GENTLY KISS MY HAND.
HE WAS JUST TOO ROMANTIC!
IN LOVE WITH LOVE, I'D SAY.
TOO YOUNG TO ENJOY HIS CHARMS,
I SENT HIM ON HIS WAY.
I DIDN'T MEAN TO HURT HIM,
BUT WHEN I READ HIS NOTE,
IT WAS CLEAR I BROKE HIS HEART,
FOR THIS IS WHAT HE WROTE:

"ARE YOU ANGRY WITH ME DARLING?
ARE YOU SORRY THAT WE MET?
HAVE YOU LEARNED TO LOVE ANOTHER?
HAS HE TAUGHT YOU TO FORGET?
MANY HEARTS MAY LEARN TO LOVE YOU.
MANY LIPS MAY CLING TO THINE.
BUT NO HEART WILL EVER LOVE YOU,
LIKE THIS BROKEN HEART OF MINE."

MANY YEARS HAVE PASSED SINCE THEN,
AND LOVE HAS PASSED US BY.
BUT IF WE SHOULD EVER MEET AGAIN,
I WOULD GIVE HIM THIS REPLY:

I WAS NEVER ANGRY WITH YOU DARLIN',
I AM GRATEFUL THAT WE MET.
YES, I HAVE LOVED ANOTHER,
BUT YOU, I COULD NEVER FORGET!
TODAY I WOULD APPRECIATE
THE YOU OF LONG AGO.
BUT, I WAS TOO YOUNG TO FALL IN LOVE,
AND YOU WERE TOO YOUNG TO KNOW!
THROUGH EYES OF LOVE
MOONBEAMS AND STAR DUST
REFLECT IN OUR EYES.
GUIDING US THROUGH
LIFE'S DARK STORMY SKIES.
AS THE DAWN OF A NEW DAY'S
SUN SHINES ABOVE.
TOGETHER WE GROW
IN A WORLD FULL OF LOVE.
WE WALK HAND IN HAND,
THROUGH LIFE'S MEADOWS AND STREAMS.
BUILDING TOMORROW
ON YESTERDAY'S DREAMS.
SWEET SOUNDING SONG BIRDS
IN HARMONIOUS FLIGHT.
THE MAJESTIC SPLENDOR
OF RADIANT MOON LIGHT.
MARSHMALLOW CLOUDS
SMOTHERING A DEEP BLUE SKY.
THESE ARE THE THINGS
WE SEE THROUGH LOVE'S EYES.
Like the butterfly,
Love must be allowed to be free.
Free to spread it's wings,
Sharing it's beauty with all
Who are in awe
Of it's mysterious charms.
It is to be admired and adored,
To be cherished and protected.
When it is captured,
And held too tightly,
It will be crushed and smother.
It's magical beauty will fade.
It's spirit will wither.
And, like the butterfly,
Love will be lost forever.
