The Storm Rages On

I look at you and remember

You were the one I wanted

To spend my whole life looking at

Years have passed and yet I search

To spot the flaws that are there to see

The wisdom of age, the soothing balm of time

To have spread that layer that protects

Against hurt, against pain

But all I still feel

Are burning eyes, stinging tears

Threatening to spill over

While you look at me

Wordless we look, nothing more left to say

Memories simmer like dull logs

A dying fire never strong enough to burn

The roads that diverged

Today lay merged, but we have lost the direction

To follow the path where once lay our dream

Therein lies now but ashes and dead dust

Fallen petals from a crushed rose

Lay crumpled at our feet

The song plays on for fresh, new love

The words still fresh in our heartbeats

But all we share is a silence

Your hands tremble close to mine

Each finger that was once so precious

And played a loving tune over my heart

Not mine anymore to hold

Your strong arms now droop with burdensome years

Perhaps someone's shelter, never mine

We stand in the rain, waiting out the storm

Knowing all the while, this is all that remains

This moment is all we have, a weakness we realize

The sun will shine, we will snap and walk away

From a dream that was long forgotten

But for now we wait as it pours and pours

Over the earth, over troubled hearts

The rains that wash away pain and memories

Bring them rushing back into our lives

I look at you and sadly realise

Nothing has changed, I still feel the same

I could spend my whole life looking