Upon The Winds

Upon the winds I sent my tears,

the showers from my heart,

to rain love upon the one’s I longed to hold

and given them life in their desert

where I knew they might forever

kept from my arms,

beyond the place where we might meet again.

 

But the only joy I could bear

was knowing they would thrive

for inside I cherished that image,

it gave me such incredible happiness

from sensing those I held so dear

were free from fate and risk.

 

All my strength and spirit

went into releasing my essence of wishes

that it would rise upon airy wings

then spread that shear lace of hope over their darkness.

 

Then I lied down exhausted,

yet no sadness for my sacrifice,

as the world faded to my own night,

there was only peace,

though I knew this eve

might end any chance of a reunion.

 

In the morning the sunlight didn’t hit my face

because the shadows

from the absent pieces of my soul

were covering me,

their smiles were my reward

though I now would see them everyday.