I THINK I'M STANDING STRONG

“Let no one who loves be called altogether unhappy. Even love unreturned has its rainbow.”

 

― J.M. Barrie, The Little Minister

 

Soundtrack : www.youtube.com/watch?v=C-BnRZ52jHs

The Closest Thing To Crazy by Katie Melua

 

There you are; so distantly; hidden behind the blossom where lovers meet;

standing so pensively on castle stones trodden smooth

by the endless march of time and soldier's feet.

There you dream so deeply; scented flowers wafting by, in clouds of white,

falling gently to the ground, like angel feathers float down from the skies at night.

I look to you in vain hope you will see how much your story means to me,

but we are parted by nine hundred years and a thousand deep seated memories;

through layered time and misty veils of weathered treasures,

I seek the truth of all that went before and ancient pleasures.

My romantic heart has travelled through the morning haze,

to find you here and follow quietly the direction of your silent gaze.

I wonder if you will ever look my way or brighten up my darkest day.

I trace your steps across the lawn and make my way; to await the dawn.

I'm surer than I've ever been that lost in time; a change of scene,

our love that once traversed the universe was never just a dream.

In my pocket I carry with me the musty yellowed remnants of what you wrote;

imprinted on my mind and soaked by tears I shed and filled with hope.

Is it possible to transcend the sands of time and love at last will find a home

within a heart where sorrow lived so long that love was left no room …

 

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