My Pilot, My Knight

We met so many years ago
I was a kid with a crush
You were so sweet
Going out of your way
Just to make my day

We drifted apart
And lost our way
Never believing that someday
Our paths would again cross
And we’d take the time to actually stop

We grew closer
On a deeper level than before
One intimate kiss
Who would have known that would be the end of our bliss

But the timing was wrong
That was all we got
We talked but the phone
Doesn’t hit the lonely spots

I was too wild
After being set free
You, I suppose were more ready than me.

A physic told me to look to the sky
Or I would never learn to fly
To soar with the eagles above the earth
The last person I could imagine being with
Was the one

I drew a blank
Then he said
Someone from your past
With a kiss that made you laugh
Because it seemed a decade late

Again I drew a blank,
After all these years
My teen age dreams
Of you forgotten
Even after our kiss,
I always knew I wasn’t your type

Then in one breath
I started to wonder
My friend screamed The PILOT
And I shook my head no
A nervous laugh slipped past my lips

How could this be?
You and me?
That was something I just couldn’t see
Then the physic spoke
And said,
That’s what he had just told me

So now I don’t know
Is it true?
Could it be?
Are you the one meant for me?

If so then fate is truly cruel
For I was so scared
I did things I knew were wrong
It was a way for me to run

I met someone else
He was safe
I played a game
And was caught off guard

I knew it was wrong and went to stop it
The accident took me by surprise
Just a few days after I realized
16-year old boys don’t do what you did

Now’s there’s a baby and I’m all alone
The boy was safe
At least to my heart
He’s not to smart
So I don’t have to share our little girl

On 9/11 I called your mom
I had to know you were alright
I couldn’t wait for our government
To release the names of those pilots that night

I breathed a sigh of relief when I heard her voice
My heart leaped with joy for there was no grief
Then she told me how well you had done
Left Delta’s Comair and flown for the Celebes

I had to choke back a lump
When she said you had remarried and had a baby
The blue grass state made me quit sad
Could this be the end?

Had I sealed my own fate
Or was the timing just not quite right
Now I think of you often
Something tells me you are free

But how could we be meant to be
After all these years
And now God knows how many miles
Thanks to Katrina our paths won’t likely cross
But if they do, this time I am ready
Two decades of wasting
I won’t do again

So come and find me
My pilot, my knight
Come and rescue me
And make everything right