I wrote this some 10 years ago, and when I found it in my archive today, I felt almost compelled to share it. It was written to and for one of the most special women who ever lived. Would that I had been a special enough man to hold on to her.
~~~~~LONELY DAYS~~~~~
~~~BY: Cozmik Debris ~~~
SHE CAME TO HIM, ONE WINTER'S NIGHT
JUST SEARCHING FOR A FRIEND
HER SOUL IN PAIN, HE HELD HER TIGHT
HER HEART, HE TRIED TO MEND
HE DID NOT KNOW, HE HAD NO CLUE
HOW EMPTY LIFE HAD BEEN
IN HER EMBRACE, THAT'S WHEN HE KNEW
HIS LONELY DAYS WOULD END
THE LOVE THEY SHARED, THAT FATEFUL NIGHT
TOO SPECIAL TO DESCRIBE
SHE TOUCHED HIS SOUL, IT FELT SO RIGHT
IN HER, HE'D FOUND NEW LIFE
FROM THAT NIGHT ON, THE TWO OF THEM
JUST COULD NOT GET ENOUGH
HE LIVED FOR HER, AND SHE FOR HIM
BUT LIFE PROVED MORE THAN TOUGH
YOU SEE THERE WAS, ON HER LEFT HAND
A RING SHE'D WORN FOR YEARS
IT'S MEANING BLURRED, THAT GOLDEN BAND
WOULD SOON CAUSE MANY TEARS
SHE TOLD HIM THIS CRUEL DESTINY
WAS TEARING HER APART
SHE COULD NOT LOVE HER FAMILY
AND STILL GIVE HIM HER HEART
ALTHOUGH HE'S NOT MY PERFECT MAN
I DO STILL LOVE HIM SO
AND THOUGH YOU ARE MY PERFECT MAN
IT'S TIME FOR ME TO GO
MY FAMILY, IT MUST COME FIRST
OF COURSE, HE SAID, I KNOW
AND THOUGH HE THOUGHT HIS HEART WOULD BURST
HE HAD TO LET HER GO
HIS LONELY DAYS HAD NOW RETURNED
SHE TRIED TO MEND HER STRIFE
BUT DEEP INSIDE, THEIR LOVE STILL BURNED
IT WAS A FACT OF LIFE
THE DAYS WENT BY, UNCEASINGLY
HE HAD NO WILL TO LIVE
THE NIGHTS DRAGGED ALMOST ENDLESSLY
HIS ALL FOR HER, HE'D GIVE
TWO MONTHS HAD PASSED, YET HE STILL PAINED
HE JUST COULD NOT MOVE ON
HER LOVE HELD HIM, HIS SOUL SHE'D GAINED
HIS LIGHT OF LIFE WAS GONE
THEN CAME THE DAY, THE LIGHT RESTORED
HIS HEART SHE WOULD MAKE WHOLE
SHE LOVED AGAIN, HIS BEING SOARED
AGAIN, SHE TOUCHED HIS SOUL
SHE'D WRITTEN HIM, MORE WORDS OF LOVE
TO HIM HER HEART BELONGED
THAT DAY HE THANKED THE LORD ABOVE
HIM, IN HER LIFE, SHE LONGED
THE LONELY DAYS NOW GONE FOR GOOD
'TWAS JOY THAT FILLED HIS SOUL
SHE HAD COME BACK, HE UNDERSTOOD
LET GO, IF WISH TO HOLD
TOGETHER NOW, HIS JOY COMPLETE
SOULS JOINED AGAIN, AT LAST
SHE PROMISED SHE COULD NEVER LEAVE
HER FEARS OF LOVE HAD PASSED
AS TIME WENT ON, THE LOVE JUST GREW
THEY TALKED OF NIGHTS TO COME
ETERNITY WAS REAL, THEY KNEW
THEY'D SPEND THEIR LIVES AS ONE
THEY LAUGHED, THEY LOVED, THEY HELD ON TIGHT
THE WORLD WAS THEIRS TO HOLD
NO INKLING HAD, NOT EVEN SLIGHT
THAT WORLD WOULD SOON TURN COLD
YES, ONCE AGAIN, THE GOLDEN BAND
HAD MADE IT'S PRESENCE KNOWN
THOUGH BY HIS SIDE, SHE SWORE TO STAND
HER GUILT AGAIN, FULL GROWN
HE LOVES HER STILL, AND THOUGH APART
HIS LOVE GROWS DAY BY DAY
SHE IS THE ONE THAT OWNS HIS HEART
THROUGHOUT EACH LONELY DAY
HE FEELS HER PAIN, HE KNOWS IT'S BAD
HE UNDERSTANDS HER GUILT
HE ALSO KNOWS, THE LOVE THEY HAD
ON SHAKY GROUND WAS BUILT
STILL IN HIS HEART, THE LOVE BURNS ON
HE HAS BUT ONE DESIRE
TO KNOW IF HER LOVE STILL BURNS ON
OR HAS SHE QUENCHED THE FIRE
JUST TO BE FRIENDS, SHE IS HIS BEST
WOULD SATE HIS BURNING NEED
HE'S NOW MADE KNOWN HIS ONE REQUEST
AND HOPES SHE WILL TAKE HEED
HE KNOWS HE ASKS SO MUCH FROM SHE
YET THROUGH HIS TEARY HAZE
HE BEGS OF HER, ON BENDED KNEE
PLEASE END THESE LONELY DAYS
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