Once I had a notion

Once I had a notion
A thought, a glance of life
Of what I did believe in
Those fairytales
That husband and wife

My wedding would be beautiful
Me dressed up in white
My closest friends the bridesmaids
And the groom: my knight

We would be together
From the day we first met
He would be a fireman
And I would be a vet

Then we left my childhood
And he moved far away
I was stranded in puberty
Alone
Alone to stay

My notion was forgotten
Dismissed as childish dreams
And as I grew older
There went my life it seems

Suddenly I found another
Surprised; I was lost of what to do
That one true man I had
He was mine, I knew

But my lack of wisdom lost him
And I gave away my heart
If only I had known
And loved him from the start

That one sweet childish notion
Was tossed away again
That memory of what I had
Is all that does remain