Perfect Love Stories

If you were the sunshine-
I was proud to be your shadow,
following you around,
learning and fascinated by you.
Your elegant words,
like candy for my brain,
make me miss you;
make me miss the times we shared.

You are a brilliant light,
shining fervently inside my soul.
Your light shines on my path,
makes it easier for me.
I emulate you not because I want to be you-
just because I want to make you proud.
My life’s goal.

I care not if the rest of the world is proud;
only you…
who taught me all I know,
forced me to open my mind,
to see with the eyes of a child
everything bright and new.
You gave me the yearning to know more,
taught me that there is an outlet
for this psychosis
that would destroy me otherwise.

You are not to blame
for those things that happened.
If anything at all
you were my shield from the hurt.
You protected me
more than you’ll ever know.
Took all of the suffering-
including my share

My bright shining star,
don’t you know, my darling dear,
you gave me wings to fly!
You gave me light to shine
just as brightly as you do.

So here I’m standing
There’s a fork in the road
I don’t know what to do
I’m here waiting for you

So now I’m shivering
Cause it’s starting to snow
I don’t know where to go
I’m all alone

The fire’s burning
All the way to the ground
It’s getting quite now
there ain’t no sound
I’m getting nervous
Because you’re not around
For me

I’m sick and tired
Of waiting around
Sitting next to the phone
I’m still all alone

See I’ve been crying
Yeah, my eyes are all red
I’m going to bed now
To rest my throbbing head

The fire’s burning
All the way to the ground
It’s getting quite now
there ain’t no sound
I’m getting nervous
Because you’re not around
For me

The fire’s out now
Like my love it burnt down
Down to the ground
Your never around

This lie’s become a part of me
For months, I’ve played this game
Acting like it doesn’t hurt
Each time I hear his name

Ignoring what’s inside of me
Pretending I’ve moved on
As if the feelings I once had
For him are somehow gone

Spending each and every day
With happiness and laughs
Forgetting all our memories
Avoiding photographs

But last night when I saw him
For the first time since he left
My heart stopped for a moment…
I couldn’t catch my breath

When suddenly it hit me
As the tears started to flow
That even after all this time…
I just can’t let him go