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Calling Your Name 
I stood alone calling your name 
It echoed back to me 
The sun ran away as the rains came 
And soft shadows were all I could see. 
I'd sought you all my life 
Since I was but a child 
I fervently believed you were out there  
Somewhere in the wild. 
For my dreams gave me glimpses 
That my eyes couldn't see 
And I knew you existed 
And were looking for me. 
But my life took it's turns 
Just as all lives, they do 
And it distanced, detoured me 
From the finding of you. 
I met other companions 
I married and left 
Two lovers who broke me 
And left me bereft. 
Then I gave up on love 
I gave up on life 
For who needs a love 
That's imprisoned in strife? 
But my dreams never left me 
They stayed buried, asleep 
Laying stagnant and hidden 
In my heart, down so deep. 
And one day to my surprise 
To my shock and my awe 
My dreams were revived 
By the face that I saw. 
For the face was your face 
A face I had known 
In a dream, in a place 
In a world of our own. 
Where we walked hand in hand 
As we walked through the world 
Watching ages pass by us 
As our dream lives unfurled. 
Oh, and we were so happy 
You and I, just we two 
Knowing how much you loved me 
And how much I loved you. And I was your beloved And you were my sweet boy And our days and our nights Were filled with pure joy. 
But what we didn't know 
Till much passage of time 
That only in that dream world 
Could you really be mine. 
Till the Fates co-conspired 
With the Heavenly plan 
And allowed this sad woman 
To once again find that man. 
We had always held hope 
That someday and somehow 
Our two lives would collide 
In the here and the now. 
And they did in the last place 
That we ever had thought 
Stumbling there on the one thing 
That we always had sought. 
What a mystery and wonder! 
What a sweetness divine 
For my heart was still yours 
And your heart was still mine. 
How our souls meshed together 
And our bodies belonged 
Just as sure as a melody 
With the words of a song. 
But what a cruel turn of fate 
Like the changing of weather 
Once again we are parted 
And cannot be together. 
Still I call out your name 
Like a prayer on the wind 
Wondering how long it will be 
Till I find you again. 
For even a dream  
Will eventually die 
And the image of your face 
Will fade from my eye. 
But my heart won't forget 
Till I take my last breath 
That it loves you with a love 
That is stronger than death. 
 I'm calling your name again now 
My sweet boy, my dear 
Hoping this time you'll answer 
And say Yes love, I'm here.  
©By Voo Oct 7, 2019 
12:16 a.m.