In the darkness of moonlight,
We held each other's breath
Kissed for many hours
dreamed this would be our death
but life carried us forward to see a terrible day
when I was here still near you
but you were gone away
I held your memory in my arms
But grew weak as each hour was consumed
I tried to dig deeper in, that solid flesh might be exhumed
Even from the image I held safe in my brain
But when my heart exhausted
ran cold with lack of love
I wondered why I'd sat here
How I had not had enough
And my mind made journeys inwards
to recall the pain's harsh source
I saw your face so vacant, so soft, without remorse
It was you who left me broken
why am I the one with tears
You should have taken them with you
along with all these years
My heart was not a plaything
nor a puppet on a string
Yet you plucked my heart from its home
and made it nightly sing
The air closed in around it
the stars pierced with their icy stare
Roused from sleep I leapt up
and could not find you anywhere
Oh when did this start?
The agony?
Was it before you'd left my side?
Surely their must have been some way when you forced yourself inside.
But all I recall are the kisses
and your cold and lifeless stare
There is more to a person than only this
and much more we once, I'm sure, did share
The darkest of moonlight paints me black as the charcoals ready to light
I kissed you here for eternity
or only for one night
