first
i bare myself whole
put my insides on display
i ask politely that if you come
you have to stay

second*
it's been a while
you came and went
i knew the risk and i played the game
i had hoped i would win
but i lost anyway

I know love by how the tears
glistened in my mother's face
as I came home crying one day

I know love by how a passing
stranger changed a fellow stranger's
life with just one look of sympathy

I know love by how a beggar feeds others
before feeding himself despite his
insides telling him to live for himself

I know love by how a young girl
overcame the mean kids in school
with her kind words knowing she did not
deserve it all

I know love by how my best friend  
desperately stopped my hand
from pulling the trigger
gun, pressed coldly to my head

I know love by how you
whisper sweet melodies
in my ears
as I write
this poem for people
to see love everywhere

If I ever see you again
It can never be to soon,
You must find me here
Beneath the ivory moon
Where my love lies every year.

It's just how much it hurt
When you said goodbye,
Seeking an answer above
I'll wish a rainbow in the sky,
Just sing me a lullabye tonight,

Sparkling stars shall offer you light,
For this one last night, for life,
And in the grassy meadows
Will you come and seek me out?
When stormy weather clears,
Shall there be soft white clouds?

In the end all you will find
Is a golden flower with your name,
In my youth I was blind of fears,
But now I'm calling as in vain,
Be it one day? A thousand years?

I just can't handle all of this pain,
I will be here for my whole lifetime
Until I'm in your arms some day.
It's better to have lost my sight
Than to miss loving you for life,
I dream of your love every night,

Love forever,
Even for 1,000 years in a day.