I lived a full life in my mind where she was Queen and I was King. If the sky, that we look upon, should tumble and fall, and the mountains should crumble4 to the sea. No I won’t, I won’t cry. No, I won’t shed a tear, just as long as you stand, stand by me. I need no other strength than those words.
I would picture myself holding her in my arms, protecting her from the world, planting my love in her heart, but in a reality I knew there was little chance of that ever happening.
But, there was something about that summer than turned a shy boy into a young man. Looking back, I have no idea what it was. Maybe, Ben E. King’s voice spurred my maturity. Ben E. King caught the romantic soul of a boy like myself.
And then to my surprise, it happened suddenly. We were s