Missed you as soon as our fingers released
Watching your path down the highway
Darkness before dawn welcomed sunlight above trees
Stars shimmered like diamonds
Hovering above dew laden leaves
Silence, save for whistles of
Far away ghost trains, lonesome without light
No traffic on that highway the very first night
Returning to me you did, for embrace's reprieve
Another kiss, another touch, of your unshaven face
Witnessing your sadness and reluctance to part
Clinging to our dreams, two perpetual hearts
Fingers gently tracing, outlining my face
Ever tightly locked in one final embrace
Touching in semi-darkness, unknowing
More farewells to come, linger no more
Newness of love as fresh as first frost
Would grow, then melt with the ages
Adoration's newness twisting seconds be lost
Like a package ripped opened, unwrapping two hearts
Or was it hesitance at trusting, never to part
Occasions, I imagined with red ribbons undone
Endearments and memories, we'd create as one
Early evening had found us in a river cafe
Corner candlelit table holding hands
In our own safe harbor, time stood still
As the music played forever and a day
Speaking in hushed whispers
Eternally you'd love me, words you did say
Never have doubts, partings would cease
Inhale, we'll exhale as one
Was this spoken to reassure
Convincing to leave me at peace
Yet no peace do I find
Inhaling memories with tears
Little I knew might haunt me for years
No solace do I know, forever and a day
Now you are gone, not before you did say
We've come far, yet not far enough
Speaking of love, you did cease
Wondering was I, if love ended this way
Taking your leave followed by silence
Never looking back down that path of highway
Yet this time you exhibited only feelings of flight
Never to return as you did once
Upon that very first night
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