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A LIFETIME IN YOUR EYES

After all the loves,
you came
like a sacred seal
upon my life,
like a chapter
I had waited for
through all those years
of love’s blindness.

You came,
but too late,
for this love is impossible
so sacred,
so quiet,
so wondrous,
quiet as the silence
in which you live,
and which you love
so deeply.

You came
and, without even knowing,
you brought this love
into my heart,
closed so long ago
a love that opens
every door
of earth and heaven
and lifts our smiles
to the heights of the sky.

You came
with your purity
to bathe my playful eyes,
and you painted
all my darkness
with colour.

You came
not as a passerby
upon the pavements of life.

You came
with the blessing
of your hands.

You came
as the answer
to the prayers of my heart,
as an answer
to the silence
between us.

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YOU ARE MY PATH

So often I stand
and simply watch you
in the silence of life’s temples,
as you bless all that lies before me
and clear the paths I walk
the paths that once led nowhere
while your prayers
cast their light upon my face.
And when I think you are far away,
hidden in chambers beyond my reach,
I still feel your gaze
among a crowd
of millions.
So often I stop,
wondering at the end of which road
you are waiting for me.
And always, I find myself returning
years and years into the past,
once more, and then again,
thanking God
for your presence.
Because you are my destiny.
And you will be there
at the end of every road I take,
gathering every smile,
every tear,
every whispered prayer.
So often I watch you
lost in thought,
as though somewhere deep inside
you quietly hold
all the burdens of your life.
So often I stand
and wait for your smile,
for your laughter to ring out
clear, warm, and free
just so I can know
that you are happy.

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OUR SONG

I will keep the music
of this night
within the luminous universe
of my soul,
and I will fall silent
in the rustling of leaves
beneath your window of longing.

The wind will scatter
the leaves along the road
of our footsteps,
the ones we left behind
running toward happiness
alone,
soulless,
and shameless,
in tears,
with memories emptied of meaning.

And still, we are here,
upon the road of existence,
frightened by the immensity of love,
our eyes closed.

Still,
we feel the tremors of love
as we walk the horizon of love,
while our silent footsteps
leave an indelible trace
upon the horizon of memory.

And our love
will sail like a white sailing ship
across the endless sea of life,
from harbor to harbor.

And I believe
that somewhere far away,
we will awaken
to a new dawn of love.