I wake and wipe the sleep from my eyes Through blurred vision I see your silhouette Standing in the open balcony doorway Soft tufts of hair bouncing in the breeze Morning sunlight glimmers Off the bulge of your chest casting even larger shadows on the bedroom floor. I stretch and rise, and sitting tall in my bed Feeling the gentle morning breeze caress my face While songbirds sing their morning serenade Your scent fills my senses Oh how it lights my soul with desire How I long for you to hold me How I need to feel your touch How I need to hear your voice calling out my name While gentle arms hold me close to your beating heart I step from my bed And turn to face the world Anticipating the delight Of yet another glimpse of your form But the door stands vacant Curtains blowing soft and free in the breeze How empty is my heart, how lonely is my soul For these shadows, these illusions of you Now swept away without a sound Are those I hold only in memory Gathered long before you and I did part Lost forever except deep within my heart.
Author: Debra Hoffmann Brown