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Sitting here alone in a room full of people,

My mind tracks back to happier moments.

The gentle rest of head upon shoulder,

Waves of hair clinging to my face

As if desperate to stay there,

Evidenced by each individual strand struggling

To remain on the surface of my skin,

Finally falling back when space comes between us.

That space has grown too great

And the distance of a million locks of flowing gold

Separate me from fully living.

Despite the fact that the days are growing longer,

I’m finding more darkness than light,

My eyes unable to see through the gloom

That has wrapped itself around me like a blindfold.

My feet stumble as days and weeks pass,

Body simply going through the motions,

A constant struggle to survive until our next encounter.

Your smile is capable of shearing through this shroud,

Bringing forth the brilliance that you emit

And lighting up my world with the fire in your eyes.

When everyone else is just a spirit passing through,

I find comfort that you can reach out and touch me,

Let me know that there is more for me in this life

Than following the footsteps of the feet in front of me,

Left after right, one after the other,

Keeping step with those around me,

An endless waltz without a partner.

You show me that I am capable of far more

Than even I am willing to believe,

And that life can be based on those you include in it.

If this is true, how great my life will be

Knowing that it is no longer my life alone,

But a shared commodity that you and I both own.

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