Once upon a starlit day
The younger me loved easily
And didn't search in each caress
For signs of approaching distress.
I wish I was still that young girl
I wish I saw love in the world
As easily as I did then
And didn't fear, and didn't dread
An end to any happiness
And didn't try to leave love's nest
And didn't wait for friends to stray
And trusted that with each new day
My love would learn to grow, and heal
And I'd forget all that I feared
And I'd let go of past regrets
I'd think of new, and not past friends
I'd let you hold me, through the pains
And let new comforts wash pains away.