Today I offer a poem I wrote years ago. My style then was rhyme, romantic, sorrow or tragedy written with a lighter touch versus the dark atmosphere I use now. I like to think that there may be those that are eternally linked. That they know without a doubt, and take comfort in, that they will be reunited in every lifetime. Feel free to comment. I hope you enjoy.
A Thousand Years
With that first breath of you
I ignored what I knew I should do
And so I rolled with it, without mention
And then you moved real close to me
And I was blinded but could see
My soul was flying toward your attention
And such a man so beautiful
I’ve seen them come and seen them go
But this time there was something there unchanging
I reached way back inside my mind
And there you were – easy to find
It just took a little bit of rearranging
I’ve tried, to retreat from the tide
It floods me everywhere I hide
No ocean rests between us
Not one small grain of sand
A thousand years…
You’ll find me where I am…
I watch as the daylight fades
And hints of us in every shade
Become more prominent in my aloneness
Your body so warm against mine
When I saw you that last time
And found myself falling into your kiss
I stack those pieces once again
Onto ancient recollections – then pretend
That I was never meant to be more than your lover
This Universe of ours devours
Our chance at love with its powers
Refusing any answer to discover
So I try… to retreat from the tide
It floods me everywhere I hide
No ocean rests between us
Not one small grain of sand
A thousand years…
You’ll find me where I am…
This circle is our destiny
I’m true to you, you’re true to me
Whether or not we wish to continue
Throughout space and all of time
We’ve been attached by the sublime
When I’ve looked out –
You’ve looked in every window…
So I try… to retreat from the tide
It floods me everywhere I hide
No ocean rests between us
Not one small grain of sand
A thousand years…
You’ll find me where I am…
Theater of Sorrows 