You almost made me believe That love could be As beautiful as the changing hues of sunset As delightful as a pleasant midsummer dream As heartening as a cool and salubrious spring Imbued with an affectionate warmth More comforting Than the benign rays of sun Lacerating a biting mist To soothe a frostbitten skin And replenish it's ebullient lustre Like a stunning byzantine scenery Painted tenderly To envelope the void of a canvas But with a reverent intensity A passionate fervor Unleashed with a breathless ferocity As well as an incredible desire To never snap a profound bond of intimacy Gleaming like the flames of mighty solar flares Before you left me