Energy gone inward
I’m done looking for you here
I can’t make you reappear
And I can’t seem to draw you near
In another life I know
We lit the skies on fire
It’s been centuries at least
Since I was the flame of your desire
Our love was always ageless
But it’s left me deeply cold
And in between my dreams
I still reach out for you to hold
I’m haunted by the beauty
Of a love I can’t see clearly
My memory of us is muddled
In this skin I can’t feel freely
Each morning of my entire life
I’ve opened up my darkened eyes
And gazed over to my left
Where your vacant spirit lies
Will you come back to me
In my current incarnation?
Will you make the trip through time and space
If I promise to remain patient?
I’ve lost you once before
It isn’t pain I fear
It’s the hallow emptiness I harbor
That I can’t keep pure and clear
It’s the breathless gasp I take
At the thought that I might miss
The shape your soul has taken
That we’ll continue on adrift
In the golden glow of sunset
As each day always ends
A little piece of you’s forgotten
A bigger part of my heart pretends
That I can live this life alone
That I’ve managed well thus far
That there isn’t darkness looming
In the empty spaces where you are
Hope is a fool’s companion
I’ve been a fool since my first breath
These lungs had taken long ago
In the vacuum that you left
My soul she lays in waiting
But I cannot stay this course
Your eyes your lips your smile your hands
A vague but shattering force
I’ve strained my eyes enough
In searching for shreds that prove you’re close
I sink my energy inward again
Toward a life some say I chose
But even so I can’t believe
You’ve skipped this century
So every night I leave a light on
In the case your soul wakes up near me
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