Still

I'm going back to the corner

where I first saw you

deep with my heart

it seems all brand new

There are some memories by the door

of that lasting sweet smell

when you'd walk in unannounced

and somewhere in those notes I still dwell

The strings are floating in the air

the music though is new

it's the season of our togetherness

why then so far are you

I'm sitting by the phone

just waiting for a sound

hoping you'd call and wake me up

turn the clock around

The distance doesn't have me fooled

I'm more in love with you

farther from your affection

but closer to what's our due

You know as well as me

I'm not here by will

without you in this abyss

I'm just living as a decrepit

They offer me a glass of wine

to take a sip and sulk

than write and whine

how do I tell them who you are

Will they ever know what you mean

do I have the words to make them see

I'm struggling to ask questions

for its been long since I longed to see

I've wandered off before

the travails have been fun

but this road that I'm on

I've been here too long

I long for an embrace

from nobody else but you

the day goes by quietly

but the night screams at me asking of you

I've moved into groups

they have caged by tears with their rants

but where do I hide the empty spaces

with these broken battered hands

The pictures have melted me beyond tears

my eyes now rest, closed

the only sight to move them

is of you being here...

I'm not moving
for you might come looking for me here
the distance is too much to arouse hope
but within my heart it grows