Jim and Lola

- Before my poem starts, I just want to say that this is probably my most emotional poem to me. As soon as I finished writing my heart was pounding so hard that I could hear it, and my eyes were tearing up... Hope you enjoy :)

Jim and Lola

Jim and Lola

both in late-teens

been neighbors forever

both very keen

What Lola doesn't know

is Jim always loved her

what Jim doesn't know

is that he has cancer

Jim went to the doctor

once symptoms arose

and got quite a shock

then though "life blows"

Kept hidden in secrecy

Jim's condition was

just as his love for Lola

he hides, yes he does

One final day

his heart couldn't take it

so his death he did

go out and fake it

Everyone was worried

except for his love

because she knew he could fake it

and he woke like a dove

She picked him up

and said "I love you"

and at that moment

he knew what to do

One day he felt ill

and knew it was his last

and in his heart

he felt love from the past

The past is the present

the present day love

and every sad feeling

he pushed and he shoved

The next day a package

showed up at Lola's door

not mailed but hand delivered

for Jim was very poor

The box had a note

to the "love", signed by Jim

Lola opened the paper

and then really felt she knew him

"This couldn't wait

for if it did it would rot

I just wanted you to know

I love you, a lot"

The package she did open

and dropped lovely tears

at the heart in the box

and the lovely beating she hears...