She has long gone, my lady of light!
And left me alone sitting here;
Murmured sweet nothings, slipped into the night,
I thought I’d had nothing to fear.

Her memory burns so bright in my heart,
Like torchlight in the darkest abyss,
Causing shadows that shimmer, and shiver and dart,
As they do with the sun’s setting kiss.

Her memory waltzes in the halls of my mind,
As light penetrates from above:
The dance that we shared wends its way, and does wind,
A slow fading, bull fight of love.

Oh beautiful memories, locked deep within,
But as high as the skies that ascend!
Within me your spirit will eternally spin  
For my heart you will never transcend.

Dear, beauteous vision! The jewel in my heart,
Glittering in your unmined, purest form;
What mysteries you still whisper, and faintly impart,
The calm in the eye of my storm!

Like the calm of a rookery at midday, which you’ll know
Is long after the flock has first flown;
And where sing those birds, and forage they now?
That to me does remain quite unknown.

And yet back you return, in some beautiful dreams
Singing songs like a caged bird set free:
If I kept you, you’d fall apart at your seams
For I’d hold you so tightly to me.

If a flame was ever hidden, deep in a grave,
It would never burn bright, or burn strong;
To encase you, and hold you, eternally save
Would **** you, you would not shine long.

Oh beautiful Universe, you created us all
To dance high, and dance strong, and dance free!
Liberate our hearts from this world, as you call
Us all back to one true liberty.

Matt Revans
09/12/2015
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