Shattered Dreams

I once could call you mine and loved you

But you went into the endlessness of the night

As though seeking refuge from a storm.

I miss you with each beat of my sad heart.

Come back to me, I pray.

With words of love renewed and hope profound,

Tell me that you are mine once again.

I promise to be loving with each spin of the earth.

Or if you cannot return,

Please show me that you’ve found joy

In each and everything you do

And I’ll no longer be filled with enduring regret.

For I love you more than all I know

More than my own residing happiness

I’ll find peace and more in your success

Of all you seek in love’s eternal and abiding flame.

For I love you more than life itself

Despite your absence from my life

Your joy will be my life survived,

My motivation, and all that I seek.

Our lives were star-crossed and doomed

Yet I would give it all for a mere glimpse

Of all that I knew with you

For its worth exceeds the loss.