Shaded Heart

Take me by the hand again
You pull me deeper in
Inside the dream that I call “You”
You make me want to live again

Look me in the eyes and say
Speak to me from your heart
Tell me how it’s going to end
Make us different from the rest

Hold me close and never release
You take my breath away
Time stands still in endless wonder
At the moment of your touch

Restlessness tightens its grip on me
And deprives me of those dreams of you
A twilight now endures for days
Those questions burning inside my soul

The flame – freely burning at first
Through perseverance becomes controlled
A light that radiates a love for you
A love which is as true as the day

Within the stillness of this sanctuary
The seeds of love are sown
And gently nurtured to flowered life
Which blooms the image of my heart

This heavenly scent captivates my sense
Drugging my mind with your love
Purging my emotion of all impurities
Leaving only this sweetened aroma

Caught up within this cool composure
Your warming aura envelops me
Breathing life into my lungs
That I may breathe your name

Flowers provoke undying happiness
And perfume a lasting love
But your scent transcends all my senses
To a place deep within my soul

She flows gracefully through my mind
Like that of a thousand rivers
Whose cool waters converge at my footsteps
Offering to me the very essence of life

She effortlessly breathes a sensual message
That transcends all my thoughts and words
Consisting of a pure perfection
That sends pleasure to my enamored mind

She sleeps upon a golden lining
Positioned deep within my heart
A place of refuge and serinity
Where innocence lives within her beauty

Oceans pour out a painful cry
Bearing the distance of our love
Knowing that with waters so blue
They keep me from your cerulean eyes

Restless nights bring no comfort
As each hour is spent in memories
Enthralled in such sweetened moments
Wanting desperately for the next

The picture frame beside my bed
Holds this lifeless image of you
That seems to somehow come alive
At the sounding of your voice

The subtle sound of sleep awakens me
Immersed in frozen thatches of darkness
Your name glides upon the whispers of the night
And illuminates my thoughts with you

A sigh escapes quietly into the night
And rests upon the frame of your photograph
I persuade my finger across the glass
And recede at its empty texture

I see you now amidst the heavens
Blazoned across the morning sky
An angel of this golden firmament
Shining down your endless beauty

Love begins to slowly rise
Reflecting all its crystal beauty
Flowing from a heart so pure
That even angels show envy

A surging wave of perfect love
Crashes down upon the shore
Filled with this unstoppable force
Of our two inseperable hearts

The darkness took me when I strayed
From a world which had betrayed
Now I see the truest light
From within the darkest night

A chill runs down my spine
Feelings that once were mine
Illusions I was made to see
Were burning rubble and debris

Letters I should have burned
Feelings that I never earned
Phones I should have hung away
That were soon to betray

Love that lived inside a lie
Betrayal I cannot deny
Second chance, second thought
Forgiveness that was never sought

I try to find the words to say
Exactly what I meant that day
There’s nothing else I’d rather do
Than spend the day alone with you

When it comes to my own heart
I never quite know where to start
You will always mean so much to me
It may be hard for you to see

I wish our nights would stand stilled
Making now those dreams fufilled
The days I’m waiting missing you
I wonder how I make it through

You wonder what my heart would say
If it could speak to you today
If nothing else I care for you
You alone; I know it’s true

Those crazy nights and longing days
I’m trapped within your mystic haze
A place of passion and surreal
A place I always want to feel