Love Lost Sought

During my absence, the wonderfully talented Sojourner reached out and asked if I'd collaborated with him again and with the success of our first collaboration; Distant Love, I could not say no. Here it is...

Love Lost Sought
by Sojourner & BluJewel

Gone it seems are the days

When my call inspired your gasp

You were once so impressed

By the sparest thoughts of my mind

Now heavy laden pauses stifle

The gentle words that die on the cusp of forming

Each time they try to penetrate

The fortress that has become you

Electricity used to arc

At the slightest touch from my hand

Now the quickening of your heartbeat

Has settled into a stroll

Unlike a moth; the attraction has waned from the flame

Preserving what's left of my wings

To fly away to safer ground

Resting what remains of my still beating heart

Life has long since extinguished

The one we hoped build

The rising tide of differences

Has drowned love's crashing waves

In the wake of loves demise

Time waits to heal all wounds

Wondering how this love was everywhere

And yet became so elusive

But still I remember Everest highs

The laughter and joy unspeakable

And as I lament love lost

Still sit and think, "What if?"

Silent thoughts echo

And unite in a prayer

Resting on the precipice

Of sunrises filled with maybes

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Love!