rob t's blog: "My Poetry"

A Lasting Love

I lie here in the dark

A golden flame shines from a bayberry candle

The ancient rune of love carved into the dark red wax

Mistletoe hangs over every door and window

Spirits watch and pray

On the pillow next to me I see you

Your eyes shine with a love never known

Your lips want to be kissed and your skin glows in the faint light

I feel you breathe

I hear your soft sighs as you dream

It has been long for both of us

Tainted by mistakes of our youth

Years, no decades, we suffered

Knowing that each other existed

Yet never able to find the other

Our souls drifted

We searched, we dreamed and we had hope

I look at you in the darkened room

As you sleep beside me I see what I need to really live

My love for you and yours for me

A love that will last forever and a day.