Chasing the Moonlight

I looked for you and you were gone.
I stood in a crowd of people surrounded my fortress of loneliness,
unable to bridge the distance between you and I.

When I look in the mirror you are there, yet I still cannot reach you.
So much like me, we could share the same space.
I hear you guiding me when my mind is quiet.
I feel you comfort me when chaos is in control.
I see you when I close my eyes.

There is something you wish to tell me, something that must be shared.
The vision fades away, alone again.

I walk these halls anxious all over like there is something important I have forgotten.
Sleep takes too long to come, and too long to leave when day breaks.
Days seem to have little meaning, each one bleeding into the next.
My ambitions slow to a crawl, waiting for me to pick them up again.

In this room, there are no sounds, yet it is too loud to bear.
Miles and years stretch out between us, almost forgetting who we are.

Peace and visions of you wait for me to claim them, dreading them and wanting them all in the same breath.
I do not know where this moonlit path will lead; I tremble now with truth and fear.
The silver light fades.
I try to grasp it, keep it close to me, but it is gone.
Alone again, I looked for you and you were gone.