While I was in Love

a poem by Elaine E. Howie

While I was in love a baby was born
My heart was torn
A bird called in the wild
As a mother feed a crying child
While I was in love a star winked at the moon
And thousands of miles away people fell to their doom

While I was in love I found joy in myself
And teachers discovered they would never hold wealth
While I was in love someone was in despair
As was only concerned with the smell of his hair
While I was in love I found a bliss
As a lone child on the TV was missed

While I was in love I heard him cry
Yes I know the earthquake shook and many died
While I was in love I gave you one kiss
As around the world there was a nuclear mist
That shocked the country we live in
But while I was in love a church predicted an end

But I was in love so I did not call for you then
While I was in love I had all sorts of friends
While I was in love I fell so very hard
As a young woman or man in a new movie starred
While I was in love I place everyday a call
As in some school pride was standing tall

While I was in love a new world was discovered
And we thought we could never live without each other
While I was in love new inventions were found
As the stock market and the dollar went down
While I was in love I remembered to late
That there was not food on their plate

While I was in love I continued to bend
As I fell out of love with my friend
Love cast me out in The End