…weighs heavy on me

How far it is for the earth to reach the sky
where the wild winds play?
our secret desires cloaked in veils of mist
we left no footprints in time
but our memories cast long shadows
and each day I find myself drifting away
lost in an achingly slow dream
for now time is timeless
there is no future and there is no past
and the present is unreliable
how far it is for the sand to reach the sea
where the dark waves beat?
in the emptiness
in this vast aching void deep inside of me
my sorrow ebbs and flows, carrying you to back to me
and then once more, carrying you back to the sea
where all I have lost
and all I have loved, are spending eternity
I know our love prevails, forever in time and space
how far it is between midnight and morning
where your whispers echo?
but I still fear the time that I know must come
when the distance becomes too far
and your absence weighs heavy on me
when our whispers will finally be erased
forever hidden from view
forever silenced in the dark, but still hidden in the mist
how far it is between dreaming and waking
where time unwinds?
in the deepest of dreams
my soul remembers the wounds we shared
the shadows we feared and our secret longings
I hear your voice echoing in the corridors of time
there are ghosts here
the ghosts of paths both taken and untaken
and the fire still burns and like time
I am unwinding
©Ann Bagnall