Maxine

You were once my love,
a true love,
we stood still,
but time could not be still,
we loved but not each other,
always another,
you are in a better place,
a safer place,
only God knows your secrets,
the secrets,
that you lived with in your heart,
if only i could have had a part,
we all have but a little time,
precious little time,
we come with nothing,
we take nothing,
but others having memories,
bittersweet memories,
of what could be,
or not be,
but what is,
is what it is,
i miss you maxine,
a beautiful queen,
that life left,
a hole in the cleft,
of my heart,
yes,  many a heart.