She lies in a tangle of blankets,
breathing in the scent of sadness.
The sounds of desperation within the dark
Leak pain into her soul.
Burdened by the years of standing tall,
crushed by the loneliness.
She believed the strength inside
Would carry her beyond the emptiness.
Yet into the darkness the light of her soul creeps,
Moving endlessly, recklessly.
Predawn light brings her no peace,
Feeling instead the fear of facing another day.
Sighs and cries and moans of despair
Leave her lost and broken.
Dreams abandoned, choices made, time past.
She feels the regret,
That familiar ache that brings the weight of anger.
And there she weeps for all she missed
and all that could have been.
As darkness makes its way once more
She smells the scent of sadness...

I passed you on the street today
Like all the days before this very one.
Glancing side ways,  I saw
The sun stream through your hair
And smelled a hint of lilac in the air.
Captivated by the sound of your
High heeled shoes on the pavement,
I paused for a whisper of a moment.
And feeling that pause,
As though I had reached out to you,
You stopped.
Time stopped.
My world stopped.
Inside that moment
Another was created.
That creation began to flow
Then form into a life of its own
Only to dissolve amongst
The  fading sound
Of clip clopping high heeled shoes
And the dying scent of lilac in the air.

The years have passed
And Loves faded into gray,
That's the way it happens,
At least that's what they say.
But in the first light of the morning,
When I turn and watch you sleep
I can't help but still remember
The way you looked at me.
Am I still the one  you're wanting,
The one that's in your heart
The one you want to hold you
When your worlds been ripped apart?
I close my eyes and see you
Dancing in the street
And feel your kiss upon my lips
And your body next to me.
I know that times were simple then,
We were just so young
And maybe you're still wondering
If you've left a song unsung.
But am I still the one you search for,
To find shelter from the storm
Am I still the one you long for,
When the summer nights grow warm?
Can you love me like you used to,
Or is it time for me to go
I can't stand to lie here wondering,
If our love has been outgrown.
No matter what you say girl,
I'll love you anyway
Just the way I said I would,
Back on our wedding day.

Quiet as the moonlit water
is your breath of sleep,
I gave you my love,
my heart to keep
The scent of you I gently breathe
as the whispering wind
talks to the trees.
Telling them secrets
from from far off lands.
Oh so gently I pick up your hand.
One night with me,
God I can't breathe
A lifetime is now just a memory.
Time was our friend
if only it stilled,
My soul was at peace
my heart was fulfilled.
And now this night
will be our last,
Oh how quickly these hours pass.
Think of me every now and then
Perhaps our time will come again.