My Time

Thinking that my turn
Had come and gone....
The moment when one's life
Stands out as a shining star
Feeling the radiance in one's being
When first coming alive with true love.

I'd come to terms, thinking this was
The other side of life.
Where you make peace with self
And accept that...
What could have been....
Would not come again.

You've changed things....
I'd quite forgotten how
One's heart can skip a beat
With just a look
In your eyes.

How your smile brings back
Colors I'd forgotten to be...
So clear and true....
Those that had faded
Into mere shadows and hues.

How to begin again
This life with meaning....
You've changed that "day after day"
"step after step"
"breath after breath"

Now to feel again!

I thought the limb walking
Chance taking
Heart throbbing
Moments passed.

Tasting your lips...
Hearing your voice
I feel a glow again.
The beginning of birth into hope
And I am fearful.

Do I dare risk the dream?
Will I find myself
Shattered---unable to mend?

Do I close the door
On knowing love
And it's heat within?

The choice was already made..
My heart leap...leaving
The mind no time to choose.

Seeing you, hearing your voice..
Leaves no room for reason...
The heart chose you..
The risk already taken.

Foolish thought about choosing...
It's already done.
Thinking won't prevent a hurting heart that's already
Lost to love.

Only time will tell how
This song's sung...
But what sweet music
our hearts are making.

You have awakened
Yearning, tasting...
The younger inner me
And I want to savor the moments
I thought lost.... forever.
So much for risk
And it's cost...
Better this than to be
Among the walking dead.

You kissed the kiss of the Prince
Awaking the beauty sleeping
And made me feel alive,
More alive
Than I can ever remember.

If I should sleep again,
It will at least be with a smile upon my face..
Of memories that
No amount of time can ever erase.

by Susan
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