Mirage

Lost at sea, life raft adrift

I can still feel you next to me here. 

I cry for you, love -- every day I cry.

I can hear you calling my name in the dark.

Beckoning, soothingly. 

I know that you're not real.

It doesn't matter much anymore, though

I need something to get me through the day.

When I reach the end, you will be there waiting. 

With open arms and a loving heart.

I see you over there,

Waiting so patiently  for your love's return. 

I shall fall, blissfully into your delicate arms,

And rest so soundless as none had felt

Until I must rise, refreshed and new.

You are my blessed peace;

My lifeline, my heart and my reason to be.

I must make it back to you, love,

Lest I fall, and drift into the sea.

Never to know your touch one last time

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- © Jackson Cambridge, 2015.