Nancy and Elaine...

Her name was Nancy.

She was enchanting

as a crisp, beautiful sunset.

She had the natural beauty

of a fresh, spring, crimson rose.

She had sparkling,

piercing blue eyes,

wonderful as the clear blue sea.

She was quick,

she was smart

she was successful.

I was madly in love with her

my heart ached for her

I was crazy for her.

she ended it all

without a single

word of explanation.

The world collapsed on me.

I cried, I wept, I sobbed.

My heart ached

I just kept crying.

Everything around reminded me of her

and there was one constant

piercing thought drilling my mind:

“I will never forget her,

I will always keep thinking of her,

I will always, always be in love with her”.

In a new chapter in my life

I met Elaine.

We had work to do together

and we met ever so often.

She was a lot prettier than Nancy

she was beauty defined

she was a lot smarter

she was brilliant

to make it short

she was a Goddess on earth.

But my mind was elsewhere.

I saw her and kept thinking of Nancy.

I even called her Nancy once or twice.

She was openly flirting with me,

she was showing me

her gentle, sensitive romantic soul,

she was making passes at me

and all I could think was:

“I will always be in love with Nancy”.

Well it took a lot of time,

it took a lot of effort on her side

and things began to change.

It was slow, very slow

but it finally happened.

I slowly began to fall in love

with her and realize that

not only was she prettier and smarter than Nancy

but that she was a wonderful person

with beautiful feelings

a wonderful romantic inner world.

She was kind, responsive, tender

and so very caring.

I still can’t believe it

but I’m fully in love with Elaine

and Nancy is a thing of the past

a simple nothing.

All my friends used to tell me of Nancy:

“Just let go”.

I thought that was ridiculous, stupid,

impossible, incredible.

But it happened,

it’s for real,