the bold words came out
of the shadows of night
only her face showed in dim lantern
and so she was betrayed by the track of tears
on her soft skin
her green eyes harbor worlds
filled with places of magic
filled with noble standards defended
by the good and true
its in her vulnerable delicate face
that i find my strength
could not bear to see her come to harm

my eye drifts to her thin delicate lip
and the fine lines that are in her soft smile
and i am drawn to kiss her
i am drawn in to love her once again
long to be surrounded with
be one with everything soft and beautiful there
want to be
desire to be

i am miles and worlds away now
i am standing on a sandy shore
with great ships towering over
that call me away to distant shores
that call me to adventure on the open seas
they are a promise of far distant places
free of the troubles that cloud my heart

she calls my name
and i cant get that soft sound out of my head
cant see anything but her image
her eyes, her soft lips, her voice
i come back to that moment when i could
have just leaned in and kissed her
and taken her
and explored everything soft and beautiful there
every wonderful dream that i could have found with her
every wonderful future we could have run off to discover

that image of her
eyes cast off to one side
strands of hair across her soft skin
her delicate lips
and her deep green eyes

so here i stand torn
between what could have been
and what is
seems like an easy choice
it is not