Once upon a time in a far off place a young man and a young woman walked hand in hand. A stranger stopped them in their tracks to tell the couple how happy they seemed. The stranger said their love gave them hope. Neither the young man or the young woman had it in their hearts to tell the stranger they’d broken up some time ago and were just spending the day together, catching up after the years had rolled by. I wrote the following poem about that day, or a day just like it. A day where you can lose yourself in a game of make-believe and just pretend.

PRETEND (A LOVE POEM FOR THE BROKEN-HEARTED)

Let’s pretend for a minute

Lose ourselves in a moment

We don’t have to be ourselves

When we could be anybody else

Leave the past where it sat

Don’t need to think about that

The future can come when it comes

Like you and I don’t belong to anyone

Let’s forget about reality

Lose ourselves in a rarity

We don’t have to be ourselves

When we could be anybody else

Wait before we take a final bow

We could spend a second living in the now

Recreate our long lost magic

Say hello to those sparks we lost in transit

Let’s be in love like we used to be

Lose ourselves inside the beast’s belly

We don’t have to be ourselves

When we could be anybody else

So take me by the hand

Let’s act like we both understand

Spend the day in each other’s arms

Get lost in our ill remembered charms

Let’s play a game of make believe

Lose ourselves somewhere in between

We don’t have to be ourselves

When we could be anybody else

We can recreate a long forgotten kiss

Without going back to the times we missed

We can just live in today

Before tomorrow wakes and takes it all away