History...

I've been writing this poem for awhile, I 'm thinking about adding more but not sure yet. Let me know what you think!

You took me to a Cubs game,
Where we had gone on our first date,
We were down pretty early,
But Aramis won it late.

Fireworks lit the sky,
As "GO Cubs GO" was playing,
I was relaxed grasped in your arms,
As we were there, simply laying.

I'd never been so happy,
Just enjoying that day with you,
And all the previous days together,
I knew our love was true.

You looked into my eyes,
Tucked back a strand of hair,
And when I gazed back at you,
You gave me a dare.

I immediately said "you're kidding",
I had no idea you were serious,
Because it was late,
And we were both delirious.

So you reached into your pocket,
And bent down on one knee,
Opened up the box,
And said "I dare you to marry me."

You placed it on my finger,
After I said of course,
I was barely able to get the words out,
I was so chocked up and hoarse.

We set the date for July,
This gave us a little over a year,
We were both so excited,
We showed no trace of fear.

July 21st,
Only a year away,
The days were going fast,
And I began to Fray.

You came home from a trip,
And pulled me in your arms,
You told me that you loved me,
You pulled me from the harms.

We began talking about the wedding,
But you were tired from the flight,
Frustrated at each other,
We had our first big fight.

You were asleep when I woke up,
So I ate and grabbed my coat,
Reached for the pen and pad,
And wrote an apologetic note.

Our first words were sorry,
When I came home from work,
Looking back to the previous night,
We both felt like a jerk.

WE sat on the couch,
Opened up a beer,
Talked about everything,
Flash-forward one year.

***

A year apart,
That’s all it'd been,
And every day,
My head would spin.

Thinking back to the day,
When our world fell apart,
Thinking back to the day,
We left with a shattered heart.

You told me that you loved me,
And I repeated back,
But the one thing that we needed,
Was the only that we lacked.

SO I slip it off my finger,
And placed it in your hand,
Tears running down my cheeks,
And you grasping the band.

Wondering what had happened,
Where it all went wrong,
I knew that it no longer mattered,
Because you were gone.

So I tried to let you go,
Tried to move along,
Tried to stay together,
I tried to stay strong.

And in that very moment,
When I was really low,
I swore that if I saw you again,
I would never let you go.

We ran into each other a year later,
In the produce isle,
You asked me how I had been,
I looked at you and smiled.

I told you that I was a mess,
That I'd never known what to do,
Because you were my everything,
And I couldn't live without you.

You said you were sorry,
And then you walked away,
I felt like an idiot,
Thinking your love would never stray.

As I got back home,
My head began to bang,
I grabbed a tub of ice cream,
And then the phone rang.

I saw your name appear,
I felt my heart fall,
I threw the phone to the side,
As you continued to call.

My house drew silent,
When I finally fell asleep,
Dreaming about a better day,
My phone began to beep.

Five new messages,
I saw as I awoke,
And with every single word I read,
I had a mini-stroke.

You said that you had met someone,
That I should let my feelings go,
You finished with an apology,
You turned into my foe.

Fast forward two more years,
My life began to move,
Upon meeting him,
My pain began to soothe.

I was packing p my things,
And put on my coat,
Picked up the final box,
Then looked and saw a note.

Upon initially seeing it,
I knew it was your writing,
I threw it into my coat,
Refusing to start the crying.

After I settled in,
All my things in his place,
Sitting on the couch alone,
My heart began to race.

I grabbed for the note,
Reaching into my pocket,
As I began reading it,
My mind took off like a rocket.

With every single word you wrote,
You only confused me more,
The thoughts that entered my mind,
Shook me to my core.

Finally, I had moved on,
But you stormed back around,
The heart that I had lost with you,
Was here and finally found.

You said that you had ended things,
You simply left it at that,
But those few words that you wrote,
Were enough to take me back?

I went back to the days,
When we were still together,
But all that flashback did for me,
Was prove we weren’t' forever.

Forgetting all that you had wrote,
I began to planning a surprise,
But little did I know,
What was happening before my eyes.

I showed up to his work,
With a four course meal,
But when I walked into his office,
What I saw ruined the schpeal.

IN shock and disbelief,
I threw the food at him,
He didn't even look sorry,
To me he just looked grim.

I had never felt so betrayed,
Never felt so hurt,
Never thought that he could,
Treat someone like dirt.

But I guess that's what happens,
When you let your soul mate go,
You make dumb choices,
Like for me trusting Joe.