ARE YOU AFRAID?

Are You Afraid?

Are you afraid? she asked of me

But I answered not her query

For I was much, so much afraid

But thrilled and much and very.

So long I'd waited for her call

So long I'd dreamed of this

Waiting for her promises

Longing for her kiss.

But dreamless nights had turned me back

When no dream could be found

And I had wandered far and long

On wearied feet and ground.

Waiting on that special isle

Beyond the field of flowers

I sought her every tear-stained night

And waited many hours.

Until my heart had given up

And I turned myself away

To leave that place, with saddened face

And then I heard her say.........

"My love, where goeth thou this night?

Why hast thou lost thy dream?

I've watched thee, lo, these many moons

Hidden by the stream.

I made a path of roses

I sang a lover's song

I lit for you a lantern light

I waited all night long.

But you looked in the wrong direction

You heard not my sad, sweet tune

Your tears put out the candle's spark

And your darkness hid the moon.

Come here, beloved, come to me

Rest your weary head

I'll tell you tales to make you well

Of living things and dead.

See how my dark eyes shine for you?

See how my soft lips smile?

I am a mystery, this is true

But in me, you'll find no guile.

I feel your heart like a thousand drums

Press against my own

I feel your blood rush through that heart

Like it's racing to get home.

Shh!!! Don't speak, don't say a thing!

There's time enough for words

I only want this sweet communion

That our two hearts have heard.

I know you've searched a long long time

And I have evaded you

But I had to prove unto myself

That you, my love, were true.

I'm not like other maidens

Who tease and employ tears

For if you make me weep, my love

I'll simply disappear.

And all you'll see is a fading glimpse

Or a shadow of my smile

You may hear a snippet of my song

And in dreams, hold me a while.

But not for long and not always

Will your eyes behold my face

For the shadows take me if I cry

To a dark and lonely place.

Until my heart is healed and whole

And my soul is once more well

Alas, till now, no man has learned

To break this cursed spell.

Are you the One, my waiting one?

The man to set me free?

For if you're not, turn now and run

And let this maiden be.

.........................

For if you're not, turn now and run

And let this maiden be............

But if you are, then turn again

And give your love to me."

©by Voo

Oct 28, 2018

8:40 p.m.

For my Muse....................💖

                     Another great soundtrack for this poem