I saw a girl in the crowd tonight
Who looked exactly like you
From the cheekbones up
I couldn’t believe how beautiful she was
What more is there to say?
There are many things that I regret
But “us” was never one of them
You are woven inextricably
Through the tapestry of my life
And I am blessed for it
I am blessed for it
Gules
Bellicose nocturnal
Sweltering and blotted
Argent
The melody of water
Raag Lalit ushering luxuriant dawn
Sable
The enfolding dark
Our path ahead uncertain
What a lovely dream we wove
But it was time for me to wake
When will it be yours?
You told me once
I was the first
To treat you as an equal
I knew then
That this was sacred
That I could only cherish you
Even if some part of you
Yearned to be sullied
And if that was
To mean our end
So be it
Crystal breath
And havocked drag
We let her wander home alone
We should have known
I should have known
I knew you’d wander away from me
I think you wander away from yourself
Sometimes
I knew you’d wander away
And that I could do nothing
But wait for the end
So I watched you go
I knew you’d wander away from me
I think you wander away from yourself
Sometimes
I knew you’d wander away
And that I could do nothing
But wait for the end
I knew you’d wander away from me
First went lust, then trust, the rest
Till I was barely a spark in your eye
I recognize myself in you
I always have
This place you’re in now
I know it well
And enthralling as it may be
It will not serve you
It did not serve me
And as long as I met you there
I knew we could serve each other
No more
The truth is with you
Don’t hesitate
Move ahead
If I can see you again
I will repeat the very words
I spoke six years ago
Because I meant them then
And now, and always
Fly on
Fly on
My wayward heart
