In October, 2001, when I received this poem from Dona, she commented that "this one might need a tune...maybe?" - poetheart 12/30/01
I want to believe that our story of love
Has no ending, no saying good-bye
But I know now that I was so wrong
To assume that you and I could be
Lovers for Eternity
I so wanted. too, to believe
That what we both were was in love
That these emotions were all true
That I loved only you,
So tenderly, that you loved me
With passion that would always be
So lonely that only a touch
Made my heart want to sing a love song
I can only blame me; I was wrong
My head knows the truth of my crazy heart’s lie:
I can never belong in your everyday life
So, if I’m feeling down and so blue
I cannot blame you; I’m not mad
It was the sweetest love-dream that I ever had
The one where I loved only you
I go on, looking back with a sigh
Knowing this is where we say Goodbye
For us, no tomorrow, but only today
And memories of love
I dreamed of
Yesterday
by Dona Lou Pearson