Alone In The DarkAlone in the dark, tonight I standA lost and lonely, broken manSeeking for a hand to holdSeeking a mending of my soul.I turn that way and I turn thisYearning for a devouring kissCraving for a sweet caressTo calm the storming in my chest.It hurts, the wounding that I feelWhen my eyes saw love was not realJust an illusion, a butterflyA glimpse in the corner of my eye.That touched me with a smile so fairAnd left me bewildered, standing thereNot knowing right, not knowing wrongBut hearing snippets of your song.The song, I know, you wrote for meBeneath the weeping willow treeWhen our eyes met and our hearts cloveAnd my soul knew I'd found my love.And I held to that lovely prizeThat I thought lived there in your eyesBut, alas, that gift was not to beWhen you took that love away from me.And here I stand in the dark aloneStill not accepting that you're goneNot accepting the pain or the cut of the liesThat ripped me to ribbons with the cold of your eyes.I stand here alone in the dark by myselfWondering if there is any love leftBut all I feel are teardrops rolling down off my faceAnd of your beautiful love song, I hear only a trace.And the sound of your laughter in the cold midnight breezeEver the temptress, ever the teaseYou don't know what love is, you don't have a clueHow to love me in earnest but you know I love you.So I wait in the cold as the snow's falling downAnd it molds to my form and I freeze to the groundJust a sad frozen sight, a heartbroken snow manWith his eyes full of tears, and his bare outstretched hands.Reaching to you who cannot reach for meLooking for you who will not look at meLiving and loving but loving unknownCrying and dying in the dark all alone.©by Voo Shining StoneOct 23, 2020