Right Next Door
It happened today. What a big surprise.
I met the person who opened my eyes.
I must have traveled a million miles.
On Trains, planes, and cars. Even walked awhile.
I was searching. But, I didn’t know for what.
Seems I was kind of in a rut.
Just kept truckin & roaming around.
Till I finally came back to this town.
Yes, this town where I was born & raised.
I haven’t seen it in many days.
Why I came back? I haven’t a clue.
It wasn’t a girl because I didn’t know you.
It seems you were the ‘girl next door.’
Somehow, I never talked with you before.
Then I saw you out front in the street.
That is how we happened to meet.
You said” Didn’t you used to live next door?”
I said “Yes, my parents are still here, as before.”
“I have been just traveling around.”
“What I was searching for I never found.”
“What was that?” she said with a smile.
“I guess just a place to belong for awhile”
She laughed at that and we continued to talk.
She remembered me but, I was caught.
I had to admit I had forgotten how pretty she was.
She smiled bigger at this because
I was blushing very brightly now.
She smoothed it all over somehow.
After a week I found she was always on my mind.
She was charming, beautiful and very kind.
We started hanging out together.
We went places despite the weather.
As time went by I began to see.
She was the one who was meant for me.
She was what I had been searching for.
All this time she was right next door.
Let this be a lesson to all who read this.
Never let your life run amiss.
Take a good look at what is around.
You will be surprised at what is found.———-R. W. Johnson—–(2014)