A Dozen Years

A DOZEN YEARS


For years I yearned to know your heart
To see inside your soul
I hoped for some revealing key
A glimpse of you in whole.


You came and went and back again
Then left- this time for good.
I missed you too much to pretend
To care the way I should.


The tension built, the anger rose
And angry words were penned
This opened up the truth of love
So much to our chagrin.


Love! At last revealed quite plain
But not in time, you see
I’d found someone to fill your place
Who thought that he loved me.


It didn’t last, it fell apart,
And left worse than before
I found myself amidst the pain
Myself- left torn and sore.


I didn’t think to seek you out
For you’d been gone so long
A gracious weakening of ties
That once had been so strong.


I knew you better than I thought
You knew me best of all
We gave it up without a thought
The sweetest thing left small.


So I grew up, and you grew, too
We went our separate ways
The lights grew dim, the curtain fell
Thus ends our tragic play.


But sometimes in the darkest nights
I wake up with a start-
I found you there, inside my dreams!
Not so far from my heart.