My Last Meeting

It was the last day of college
The last day I ever met her
The final day of my love life
My final date with her.

We talked about the good old days
Spent in each other's company
But now we were to be separated
By the cruel hand of destiny.

We spoke, we laughed, we fell silent
As the evening slipped away
I had a painful feeling which
I feel even today.

As we talked, I longingly gazed
At her beauty, so fresh as a flower
I knew that she had etched in me
A memory to last forever.

Soon the shadows lengthened
It was time for us to part
It was difficult to bear the pain
Of my badly aching heart.

As she rose and walked away
I could hear her faintly cry
I couldn't find the strength in me
To bid her a final goodbye.

She stopped, she turned and our eyes met
For the last and final time!
Her glistening eyes conveyed a feeling that
I'll remember for a lifetime.

My heart is now a lonely place
Like a bird without any feather
The gloom pierces my heart harder
Than a thousand swords put together.