I Could Have Loved Her Too.

I could have loved her too

where it not for your sudden intrusion

and your untimely burst of  illusion and mystery

like the blooming of a rose

in the middle of a desert

of recurrence and mediocrity.

I could have loved her too

and seeing her again older and mature

moved me towards a better prospect

of gratitude and serenity.

I could have loved her

as I could have loved so many others

and then with much regret in retrospect

the flicker of a moment,

but then I was a gambler.

I could have loved her

as I have  loved you 

and continued  our journey

till the end of days

but then I lost you too.

Alfred Grech

02.02.2020.