Among the assortment of memories That homogeneosly mix And settle inside a corner of my mind Your memory refuses to blend Just like your stubborn self And reappears vividly time and again While I concede to relive a few moments In a bygone paradise It becomes so difficult When I need to confront the realm of reality And wrench myself out From the torrent of emotions That accompany this short lived Renaissance In my tender weary heart They come out of nowhere Perhaps I've forgotten That they still reside In the deepest recesses of my soul Where I can never reach No matter how hard I try I cannot find the hidden interiors From where they surreptitiously make their way And grip me with a tenacity That reminds me of those winter nights When you held my shivering hands And warmed me up like sunshine At the same time They unleash a profound yet hopeless longing For you to be by my side Cause you had always been there In moments like these When I felt overwhelmed And all I needed was the comforting touch Of your soft supple fingers Across my cheeks To wipe my tears And the curve of your strong shoulder On which I could rest my leaden head