in the written verse that escapes my pen
and struggles to find a reason of fulfillment

i find you... for you are the source of all that I write
an inspiration in the balance of extensive joy and intense pain.

in the midst of a winter darkened storm
where cold winds howl and the sun seems a distant mirage

i find you... in the calmness of freshly fallen snow
that blankets the landscape we once shared in spring.

in this vast world of strangeness
the present day convulsed by the emptiness I feel inside

i find you... in the familiarity of my memories
of a love that once made everything seem so right.

in a labyrinth without understanding
where life's pathway must be determined

i find you... in the direction my heart seeks to take
back to a shared moment that should have lasted a lifetime.

in my dreams that i long to come true
about a love story without its happily-ever-after ending written

i wake up... to find you there with me
and once found we never take the chance of parting again.