I sometimes wonder what I’ve missed in my life,
Never having known true love, even as a wife.

I was never able to reveal my heart,
Or confide in my husband from the very start.

I never knew that feeling of complete safety and trust,
For all I was handed were put-downs, sex and lust.

What have I lost, what have I missed,
I’ve never been held or romantically kissed.

How can I get this lost love that I missed?
Or find someone who will hold me romantically to be kissed?

I feel so cheated because now I’m old,
And I have no one to love, to have or to hold.

I had so much to give and share down deep inside of me,
True love, companionship, compassion, but it wasn’t to be.

So today, I’m alone and empty, without a soul mate,
My desire wanes and the time remaining grows late,

Now I envy those who have had that special person sent from above,
And I’m sorry God never sent me anyone I could call my own true love.

But remember you need to ask the right questions to receive,
Then you will find a way to achieve,
Your wishes to be loved in this romantic way,
Loved, kissed and hugged in every way.

Just keep asking and you will receive, so you can change your fate,
I just never knew to ask until it was too late.

By Ann Leyh