Could Have

I could have waited
Till the past was greater
Than the future before me
When memories crowd my mind
Not hopes nor expectations

I could have stood
On the empty platform
As the last train left
Into the gloom of dusk
Watching the empty tracks

I could have watched
The joy fires disappear
Into wisps of smoke
Into ash of despair
No heat, no light

I could have had all this
It would have been
But you came along
With hope in your pocket
With love in your smile

I could have stayed
A 'me' and not 'us'
Waiting, watching, standing
Then you joined with me
And minus became plus