I've been trying to brainstorm the perfect words
To describe the feeling of emptiness and fulfillment
And all the love I feel in my heart
For the nights gone by and the faces that come and go
But live forever in the hearts of the people
We shared that darkness with
That silence
Knowing that the next few seconds
We what we make them and nothing more
That the next few hours were completely in our hands
And we could make of it what we wanted to
The only time we have control over our actions
And knowing that this time
This night
This breath
Is for us
Us alone
The breaths I take now are not nearly as significant
As the ones taken behind the red curtains
So silent
For fear of ruining the serenity of knowing that
You have the world in the palm of your hand
But only that everything is out of your hands
All at the same time
And I will never have that embrace again
I will never be with those people
In the way that I was
Again
But I'm okay with that
Because moments aren't meant to linger
And no matter how hard we hold on
They will always slip through our fingers
But that's the way it should be
Things are ruined when left in the sun too long
There are things down the road
I can just make them out
But I will never forget the hands
That helped me lift my head
To see those shapes before me.