Somehow, fate intervened and our paths crossed.
Holding hands, staring into your beautiful brown eyes,
I saw something. A leap of faith.
Be my escape, be my reason to believe, so much to give.
You were a flame that lit the shadows of my loneliness.
Dark to light, and for a brief moment in time, hearts enmeshed, souls entwined.
But for a moment, you were the spark that resurrected a passion within.
What’s done is done; “It can’t be undone,” you said,
and, for the first time in a long time,
I had a reason to believe. I could feel again.
But, like a ghost in the wind, the flame went away and darkness returned.
A sound of silence, a nothingness.
You came and went. No warning, only questions
and a February cold that rattled my bones.
Even in the summer heat, I feel the cold.
Move on you said. But, faith, hope, and love sustains.
And I can’t let go, I don’t quit–not on the things that I care about.
And in that darkness, that midnight blue, the moonlight shines.
I will stand strong, I won’t run when the darkness comes.
I will be your light as you were mine,
your shield, your safe harbor,
and you will once again see.
And so, I hope, I believe, that there is something there.
But, I wonder, will you see what I see?
Open your eyes my love.
Miles apart, gazing at the moon, thinking of you,
wondering, are you thinking of me too?
“More than you know,” you say.
So close, yet so far.
Slowly, the warmth returns; Faith restored.
You deserve to be loved, to be cherished, to be valued.
True words, true feelings.
You may try to ignore, but they always find you.
Uncertainty abounds, but we will find a path forward to share together.
Quantity over quality.
Just us, just ours. So much to know, so much to share, so much to give.
Will you take a leap of faith with me, as I did with you?
But like a ghost in the wind, she comes and goes…
…and darkness returns once again—a sound of silence, a nothingness.
No warning, no answers, only questions,
and the February cold paralyzes me once again.
An obsession, scary? No! Fiercely loyal!
Do I know you? Who are you? Why won’t you let me in?
Was it all an illusion, or was it real?
Pain in my heart.
Yet, I cannot abandon you,
I will not abandon you,
in my heart, I will always be with you
if you choose to see.
Surely, there is more…can’t you see?
Won’t you see? It must be two, not one.
But silence speaks more than words;
I know where I stand. Clarity!
Move on you say, but I can’t.
I wish I had your gift.
Blocked, stuck.
The cold turns to ice.
Silence permeates the glacial fog.
You are out there, somewhere, in the distant haze.
And I am here, forever frozen. Goodbye My love.
The END.
MUSIC:
- Turn Away – Helen Jane Long
- Concerto Grossi in G Minor – Arcangelo Corelli
- The Homecoming/Jennifer’s Song – Hagood Hardy
- Adagio – Rolf Lovland (from Secret Garden)
- Bring Him Home – Shirtless Violinist (from Les Miserables)
- Gabriel’s Oboe – Ennio Morricone
- Concerto Grossi in G Minor – Arcangelo Corelli
- Nimrod – Edward Elgar
- By My Baby – Michael Buble
- Brown Eyed Girl – Matt Johnson
- The Dance – Garth Brooks