Long Gone Love

A love I had once, long ago,
Haunts me still, it seems,
For when I fall asleep at night
She comes to me in dreams.

I know I can't possess her
I know I never will
But I can hold her in my heart
And ease my pain at will.

She was wounded when I found her-
Gave her love and made her whole
Then her old love came and claimed her
And she left and took my soul--

In my dreams at night I see her
In my dreams she loves me still
Yet I know I can't possess her
And I know I never will.