Shadow and Light Poetry

Always Remember That September Date When He Met His Fate

Always Remember that September night

Sam Adams always recalled
The date that he met his fate.
When he met the girl of his dreams.
And married her two months later.

He had been dreaming
Of this date
For eight long years.

She haunted
His nightly dreams.
Ever since that date
When she first appeared
In his dreams.

He had fallen asleep
In a boring high school
Physics class.

In Berkeley, California
In late September 1973
When he had his first dream.

In his dream
He saw the most
Beautiful woman
In the whole universe.

An Asian woman
Looking at him.

Sparks flew
From heart to heart
As she stared at him
With love blazing
From her dark brown eyes.

As she bedazzled him,
Mesmerized him,
Hypnotized him.

Her mojo working overtime
It was love at first sight.

He joined the Peace Corps
In 1979
Going to South Korea
To find her.

As she had told him
“Come to Korea
I am waiting for you.”

Then one day
In September
He had the last dream.

She told him

“Don’t worry
We will meet very soon.”

That night
She walked into his life
Getting off a bus
In front of him,

He proposed to her
Three days later
After meeting her.

She said yes
On the happiest day
Of his life.

He spent the next 42 years
Remembering that
September night
when he met his fate
His soul mate.

Based on my true love story.