" YOU WERE THERE "

You were there....
in that hidden, secret place none else could see;
the empty, aching space so deep in me ~
you were there.

Thorny walls around a wounded heart,
undercurrents keeping us apart,
odds against us from the very start ~
of them none could with your strength compare...
and you were there.

You conquered demons standing in your path,
stemmed the flow of evil's aftermath,
found the trembling child behind the mask...
freed her captive heart and laid it bare
by being there.

Vanquishing relentless, choking fears,
stilling horror's screams and searing tears,
unfailingly courageous through the years ~
healing all with gentle, loving care
while you were there.

'Twas then my fettered heart was freed from chains,
flying far beyond all grief and pain,
healed by love and soaring unrestrained,
salvaged from the ashes of despair
in the precious moments you were there.

Yet, when all the battles had been won...
just as my soul's depths first felt the sun ~
just when love and trust had made us one...
at the long awaited hour of our dawn
I found you'd gone.

Like a frightened doe, I froze in place,
ventured not one step beyond that space
where pain had been assuaged by your embrace....
trying hard to mend the broken bonds ~
but you were gone.

Time, it's said, heals each and every wound
love that burned so bright is never doomed...
though in silence it may lie entombed,
locked once more inside its fortress strong;
the place my soul returned once you were gone.

Safe therein my spirit once more sleeps,
yet lives on and for it none must weep,
by the light of faith it vigil keeps...
tenderly preserving in its care
the memories of our love when you were there.

In this sequestered chamber to abide
despite the bitter winds that rage outside,
our love now tossed upon an ebbing tide...
when I find it's solace sweet denied,
back through the mists of time I'll cast my stare ~
and find you there.

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