The Reunion

The Reunion

Sitting here staring at an empty wall while chasing shadows in my mind,
Wonderful memories appear like flash bulbs revealing a priceless glimpse in time.
Slowly, my lifeless eyes drift to the floor while everything around me ceases to exist.
There in my sacred world, you appear and the warmth of your eyes grant my wish.

Like sand through my fingers, these precious memories begin to slip away.
Trying to hold on, I close my eyes and dread the birth of oncoming days.
How do I allow myself this impossible betrayal, to let go and say goodbye?
When without, you my world collapsed into nothing and my soul died.

Oh how I long to be whole again, simply by the velvet of your skin beneath my touch.
I wonder if you really know just how much you filled my life. I miss you so much.
I remember, how the soft morning sun would give your hair a warm golden glow.
How honored I felt, just to witness the magic of your smile and receive the love you showed.

The subtle music of your laughter, will always echo in my heart.
I pray you will forever know my love will never part.
In your caring and unselfish way, you would ask me to let go and move on in my life.
Please forgive me, this I can not do, for until I breathe my last breath you are my wife.

So here I sit every night, chasing shadows and staring at an empty wall.
Holding on to fading memories, while tenderly cherishing them all.
Anxiously, I wait to slip away into our sacred world for the last time.
To reunite with the woman I love, and once again take her velvet hands into mine.

Brian K. Walters