.

Here upon this silent wind
a longing it does call
Fated feelings splash the sound
of answers soon to fall

Of what I do imagine
the truth shall somehow be
If after all is said and done
your love remains with me

My arms they fade the emptiness,
a smile I do bare
From each delivered promise
that I intend to share

Come to me my blossom,
a perfect night is due
For this shall be my only need
to spend my life with you

Cradled tightly in this fashion,
swept from on your feet
Candy coated kisses sent
upon your lips to meet

These dreams are for believers,
eyes that peer the sky
Watching so intently,
moon beams soaring high

Casting forth decisions
of wisdom ever true
To offer up my wanting hand
*and say that I love you

He'd breathe in the smoke,
when he was in pain.
I wanted to be there,
but I couldn't be.

I was pushed away.
Far from his secrets.
He dug deeper and deeper,
to hide the worst from me.

I refused to give up on him.
I wouldn't allow his lungs to fill with smoke,
or his mind to fill with guilt,
or his heart to feel alone.

So I gave him my all,
to show him the feelings were real.
I showed him I wasn't going anywhere.
I was there to stay.

He no longer suffocates in the smoke,
or looks for other ways of release.
I am his personal painkiller,
for as long as he needs me.

I see you sitting
on the red bed
drinking Retsina
against the white wall
where we had
drawn hexagrams,
in your black slip
smiling up at me
in the pellucid
Greek light.

Since that moment,
Forty-five years
have dissolved
like tears
in a hurricane.

You are only a
ghost who smiles
in my memories.

I never thought
I would find another
woman like you,
strong and complete.

But I have travelled
far and long
and like magic,
here she is.

Thank you for saying
that one day
I would know love
because I was worthy.

And you went away,
and  she is here.

Ghosts always
tell the truth.

If you are patient.