Special

She sits in the front of my desk

In the start of my freshman high school year

I never knew if she noticed me

So I sat quietly in fear

I saw her walk in on her first day

She didn't look me in the eye

But I knew she was something special

And I had no idea why

We passed each other in the halls

Your classic high school budding romance

I wish I could just talk to her

But I didn't want to blow my chance

I was enrolled in music class

Where I always played my guitar

But one day I had an idea

The best one I'd had by far

One day in the school courtyard

When just a few students were talking

I sat waiting patiently

Until I saw her walking

She sat down by a friend at a picnic bench

I saw her stop to eat

Then when she got comfortable

I stood up on my seat

I took the guitar off my back

I took a deep breath that was long

Then her and I met eyes

And I began to sing my song

"Over every river.

Over the great blue sky

Over every crop's summer field

It could be just you and I

Everytime I look,

Into those bright blue eyes

I see something maybe you don't

Girl I ain't telling you lies

You were meant to be mine

I was meant to be yours

Since the day I saw you

I knew heaven open up the door

To give me the most beautiful girl

In the whole entire world

And ain't nothing going to take me from you

Cause your special"

The whole courtyard was silent

And she was sitting amazed

Then she got up from her table

And came over my way

I felt my heart beat faster

I don't know what to do

I had the courage and wits to stand up

But but now I had no clue

She came up close to my face

The courtyard was as quiet as could be

I blushed and began to stutter

And she simply said,

“See you tomorrow at the cafe at 3:00.”

The next day had arrived

I get all nicely dressed

My family of course teased

But I just wanted her to be impressed

I arrived at 3:00 no later

I looked for her at all the tables

Then I saw her in a yellow dress

So beautiful there are no perfect labels

We talked and laughed and shared our hobbies

We were so much in tune

She also told me, “My name’s Bobby.”

And I said my name was “Haroun.”

After the first date

There were many more

And one day on a evening picnic

And sang to her as I did before

"Over every river.

Over the great blue sky

Over every crop's summer field

It could be just you and I

Everytime I look,

Into those bright blue eyes

I see something maybe you don't

Girl I ain't telling you lies

You were meant to be mine

I was meant to be yours

Since the day I saw you

I knew heaven open up the door

To give me the most beautiful girl

In the whole entire world

And ain't nothing going to take me from you

Cause your special"

Years had went on

And then came the day

After lots of preparation

I made her my fiance

Later at the engagement party

I sang her my song again

Then later at our wedding

I sang it as a husband

But someone was invited

Who we didn't really know

Friends of friends of friends of friends

I think his name was Bo

He pulled me aside

And gave me an offer

“Play that song on the station.

and get paid for you and her.”

I waited a couple days

And then I told her about the guy

We really both felt hesitant

But she said, “I think you should give it a try.”

I met him at the station

All prepped up and ready to sing

It was on all the radios

For everyone’s listening

It started playing in the cars

Then it popped up more online

I hope that this didn't take away what was special

From this song of mine

It played in the grocery stores

It played in the mall

It played In the doctor's office

It played at halftimes in football

It played as alarms

It played as ringtones

It played in movie trailers

It played in everyone's home

When I thought I couldn't take it anymore

I was hired to sing on a stage like it was a banger

When I got to singing

My heart slowly filled with anger

I saw my lady in the concert

And when I looked her in the eye

I felt my heartbreak and two

And I took the mic and just said, “Bye”

The whole crowd stood in silence

Then there was an uproar

I just couldn't care less

If people said, “Encore!”

Bobby ran behind the curtain

And pushed between the guards

She saw me sitting down and saw me hurt’n

Sifting through some cards

“What are those?” she asked solemnly

“It's what we used to send each other.

Those days of when I sent you my song

And it wasn't just a bother.”

She bent her head down and took a breath.

“Hun, there is something you need to remember.”

“What is that?” I asked, exasperated.

“That we are together.”

I put the cards beside me

And wiped away a tear

Did it really matter

If my song was the best of the year

We both made a mistake

That was sure

We didn't care about the money

Like we thought we did before

We got up and left

And drove all the way back where we were meant to be

I pulled out my guitar

And sang to her quietly

"Over every river.

Over the great blue sky

Over every crop's summer field

It could be just you and I

Everytime I look,

Into those bright blue eyes

I see something maybe you don't

Girl I ain't telling you lies

You were meant to be mine

I was meant to be yours

Since the day I saw you

I knew heaven open up the door

To give me the most beautiful girl

In the whole entire world

And ain't nothing going to take me from you

Cause your special"

She rested her head on my shoulder

And we both knew what was truly special

It wasn't any of the money

It wasn't that at all

We both had each other

And as I caringly held my wife

Then she whispered to me

“We're what's special in our life.”