Where Our Words Failed

Between our hearts a gulf grew,
we gazed at horizon with different sight,
not always seeing what the other saw,
not always kind in our thoughts,
but now as I must slip away
through all the faint echoes of memories
and despite the tears that fell too often,
it isn’t the sadness that will remain.

For in the embers of trust,
the precious gift of being
where we held a moment together,
love is the glow that is always eternal.

Save it now, cherish it always
what faded and failed is a mere vapor.
When we cared and truly were genuine
unto the feelings inside,
how that touch of joy and tenderness
is the rock we truly stood.

Though our lips failed at times to express
the seconds of passions adequately
unto me there is nothing
that will be my wings forever
as much as the feathers
of that love,
which spread even in the dark.