The hour is late, the world is still,
And yet my heart begins to race;
I only saw you on a screen,
A smile across a digital space.
It's just a crush, a silly thing,
A feeling born of fancy free,
But in my chest, a sudden pang,
You look like home, you look like we.
I closed my eyes, and you appeared,
Not in the room, but in my sleep;
A dream so vivid, sharp, and clear,
A secret that my soul would keep.
We walked along a silver shore,
Where moonlight kissed the restless tide,
And in that moment, nothing more
Mattered than having you beside.
It was your heart that found its mark,
Though miles and days may lie between;
A flicker kindled in the dark,
The truest love I've ever seen.
My own heart jumped to match your beat,
A rapid drum within the night;
This puppy love, so fresh and sweet,
Feels like a destiny set right.
I did not search, I did not try,
To find the one to make me whole;
Yet here you are, I wonder why
You took such swift command of soul.
The universe, it held a plan,
A subtle string, a woven thread,
To bring you to this simple man,
The moment that the stars had said.
This is the power, deep and strange,
The sudden, sweet, magnetic pull;
A profound, undeniable change,
That makes my empty life feel full.
I know we’ve never met in truth,
We haven't shared a single day,
But in my dream of endless youth,
Our fate has shown a rhyming way.
So when we meet, I'll hold your hand,
And know the dream was not in vain;
We’ll walk on solid ground and sand,
And chase away all doubt and pain.
No longer 'why,' but 'how' and 'when,'
Until the final moment starts,
The joining of two souls, and then,
The capture of two beating hearts
MICHAEL POWERS
"STYXX ON FIRE"