Although I speak many a tongue
I have yet to master that special one
needed to reach your distant heart
and cross the chasm keeping us apart
 
I need to give to you to live
that is my destiny you see
 
I don't know what you would have me do
to exist here without you
 
I practice my craft badly
because now I do it sadly
 
I am sapphire blue
with the absence of you
 
Please call me
and speak freely
of whatever is on your mind
I promise to be kind
as you know it is my way
to listen to every word you say
 
Help me heal this terrible pain
that drenches me like monsoon rain
while you are so far away
it grows more intense each day
I do not hear your gentle voice
you know I have no choice
but to keep on loving you
there is nothing I can do
until you go
I miss you so
 
So many hopes dashed by the side
to you I even relinquished my pride
and let forth many tears
more than I have in many years
 
It would give me profound grief
to hold the thought or the belief
that I have hurt you in some way
so tell me the words to say
to erase this awkward space
and gaze once again upon your face
 
You are brilliant like the sun
I long to be the fortunate one
to worship you
what else can I do
 
I want nothing more than your trust
and will even sacrifice my lust
if you ask me to
to befriend you
as we were once before
when you opened up your door
and let me enter your universe
and fill the corners with my humble verse
 
Let us try to close this rift
without you, I am cast adrift
yearning each moment to see your face
I'm just a ghost haunting this place
 
I can't bear to be alone
please pick up your telephone
and let me know you are okay
so I can make it through the day
and every night I suffer through
wondering about you
 
Very soon you will leave
and I will be left here to grieve
that dark day I knew would come
when the Fates would take you from
my half-painted reality
where I will cherish your memory
as I languish by this foreign sea
remembering tenderly
golden hours you spent close to me
casting glances in my direction
strumming your guitar with great affection
blessing me with your tender smile
as I adored you for awhile

12/17/2003

Author's Note: Selected from the "Breakfast with a Stranger" collection

Posted on 12/17/2007
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