Angel
Saturday, October 13th, 2007Angel
Look into my eyes and see for a moment the sorrow of a thousand years the trail of a million teardrops the pain of a heart in pieces
I will look away and wanly smile
to shake the blues away
to let myself forget
But I will look into your eyes again
Shake my hand, hold it tight
feel the warmth it can offer
feel the strength it has acquired
I will look away, take it back
clasp it in prayer
and hope a miracle happens
And I will shake your hand again
See me smile as the world overwhelms me with beauty
as I treasure the things I have
as I look back to memories so fondly
I will look away and smile some more
as life will smile at me
as love will smile at me once again
But I will smile for you again
Hear my laughter, hear its joy
hear the crisp in its sweetness
hear what has not been heard for so long
I will look away, smile away
cherish the laughter of years gone by
enjoy the memories we’ve made
I shall laugh with you again
I know all these will not bring time back
opportunities wasted in hesitance and inhibition,
they will not bring him back…
But let me gaze into your eyes and see
let me hold your hand and touch
Let me smile at you and smile back
Let me hear you laugh that I may laugh along with you
For I cannot be with him
Nor he be with me today
Nor in my life’s uncomfortable solitude
But it is that pair of eyes that met his gaze
those eyes that laid on my beloved,
beheld him and saw what he saw…
It is that hand that shook his hand,
that warmed his palms, patted his shoulder,
supported his every stumble
That is the smile that met his,
which comforted his sorrow and warmed his heart
That laughter is the one that reached his ears
that lightened his mood
that brightened his day
I cannot do all the things that you’ve done with him
I cannot be with him, nor can he be with me
But let me look into those eyes again
And let me see the eyes
that saw the one I have loved so much.
August 1999
