Pieces of the Past

Meeting Bill that evening
Had seemed at the time
Like the answer to her prayers,
The fulfillment of all her dreams.
She fell in love with his eyes
And the graceful way he moved
And was a goner
Before the last dance was through.
It was all so incredibly natural
Being swept up in his arms
And making mad passionate love
Later on that night.
It could have gone on forever
Just like he promised
And he probably meant it at the time,
But forever didn’t last too long.
It seemed so perfect,
So unimaginably exhilarating,
Yet in the end he left her
Moving on to someone else.
She was devastated for a while
Virtually giving up on love,
And particularly on men,
When along came Steve.
Now do you think she
Was now passionate and free,
Open and expressive,
And naturally trusting with Steve?
Not a chance!
Where she was aggressive before
Now she was timid,
Where she was boisterous
Now she was quiet!
Where she chased him
Now she made him chase her,
Where she once openly trusted,
Now she was cautious.
Whereas Bill and her
Used to go out to eat
Every single night,
She took cooking lessons
So they could eat at home.
In reality she was not
In a relationship to Steve
But with Bill–Steve
And that wasn’t all either
For there were others before.
There was Danny,
Her first true love,
The next door neighbor
Who suddenly moved away.
Then there was Clark,
Her high school sweetheart,
Who went away to college
And found another girl there.
Who she was in relationship with
In reality was
Danny–Clark-Bill-Steve
And she had already drawn the conclusion
That Steve will leave her too
Based on her experiences before.
The same holds true for Steve.
Who knows who he was in relation with,
And what conclusion
He had drawn
About the opposite sex!
Each one was dragging along
Pieces of their past
And allowing them
To color their present.