The Shadow of You

Drifting among gazebos unreal
A spring, summer, fall of my own imagining
Winter frozen like my heart

I see you in my minds eye

I crumble

How to be strong, how to be fearless
When I wander in illusions and dreams

I never knew how to catch you

I never knew how to hold on

Like water through my fingers
You flow
So long

So many have slipped past my clutching grasp
I thought: Let go, let be
If love is true, you will come back to me

Like a star hidden behind clouds,
My love remains

A cold burning bright
Flickering, flickering
Out with the dawn

A brighter light can overcome this lingering pain
This lingering flame

I don’t know how to let go
Like a cold, broken heart
When I see you I crumble

I fear your face and voice

I crumble

To replace this sorrow and pain
With joy and love
Is not an easy task

But I am willing to try again

I am willing to believe and trust
In something new again
I am willing to let in a new beautiful dawn
To overcome these shadows

The shadow of you.