The Gain |
I lie here in bed and stare at the ceiling above; And contemplate a life with my newly found love. I glance around this room, with its nondescript four gray walls; But the nearness of this frail woman calls and calls and calls. I gently kiss your cheek as you lay sleeping in my arms; I want nothing more than to protect you from all of nature's harms. To fill your life with happiness and fill your heart with love; To make you feel the sunshine even when the rain falls from above. The warmth of your body ignites the fire in my heart; And I will do all within my power to ensure we never part. Your natural beauty reaches deeply, clear down to your soul; And when we are together my life seems completely whole. You stir in my arms and open your eyes up wide; Their brightness and aliveness command me to your side. Suddenly you smile, adding even more radiance to your face; If I could have a wish to be anywhere, this would be the place. I revel in our new love, but a part of me shares his hollow pain; For the other, who has lost you, without whom I'd have missed this gain. And for him I shed a tear, a moment of sorrow we share; For him to lose such a treasure is a loss beyond compare. To forget the sadness again looking to the ceiling above; I contemplate a life with my newly acquired love. I glance around the room, with its nondescript four gray walls; But the nearness of this frail woman calls and calls and calls. |
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